page_title: United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights
section_title: 1968 Prizewinners
hierarchical_section_title: United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights / 1968 Prizewinners
caption_attribution_description: English: René Cassin
context_page_description: The United Nations Prizes in the Field of Human Rights were instituted by United Nations General Assembly in 1966.
  They are intended to "honour and commend people and organizations which have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of the human rights embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other United Nations human rights instruments".
  They were first awarded in 1968, and they have been given out at five-year intervals since then.
  The award ceremony traditionally takes place on 10 December, which the UN has designated Human Rights Day.
  The recipients are selected by a special committee comprising the presidents of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council and the chairs of the Human Rights Council, the Commission on the Status of Women, and the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee.
  The physical token of the award is a metal plaque bearing the UN seal and an artistic design, and engraved with an appropriate citation.
  In contrast to the Nobel prizes – and the list of prizewinners shares much common ground with the Nobel Peace Prize in particular – the UN's awards are non-monetary in nature.
context_section_description: Manuel Bianchi, chairman of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Chile)
  René Cassin, member of the UN Commission on Human Rights  (France)
  Albert Luthuli, president of the African National Congress (posthumous award) (South Africa)
  Mehrangiz Manouchehrian, attorney and senator (Iran)
  Petr Emelyanovich Nedbailo, member of the UN Commission on Human Rights  (Ukraine)
  Eleanor Roosevelt, president of the UN Commission on Human Rights (posthumous award) (United States)
caption: René Cassin
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