He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 for his work in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948.
I 1968 modtog han Nobels fredspris for sit arbejde for FN's Verdenserklæring om Menneskerettighederne, som FN's generalforsamling vedtog 10. december 1948.