The Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded in 1966 or 1967. The 1968 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to René Cassin, of France, President of the European Court for Human Rights. Eleanor Roosevelt, who died in 1962, was the chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, which drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Réne Cassin was its vice-chairman.
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel. Since 1901 it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses” Over the next few months we’ll be introducing you to the past Nobel laureates, leading up to the award of the 2016 prize in October.
