Dr. Charles Malek was a leading figure in the drafting and adoption of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Indeed, he headed the ad hoc committee formed by the UN, which spent three years drafting the declaration with the help of such members as Eleanor Roosevelt (former U.S. First Lady) and Rene Cassin (French Nobel Price).
1906-1987
The declaration was adopted on December 10, 1948, and since its adoption it continues to assert the human dignity and worth of every human being on the planet.
Charles Malek, Eleanor Roosevelt and Rene Cassin of the Human Right committee (Paris, December 1948)
Dr. Malek was elected as President of the General Assembly of the UN for the year 1958-1959. In Lebanon, he held many governmental positions between 1956 and 1958, such as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Arts,...He obtained more than 60 honorary doctorates from different international universities. His publications include The Problem of Asia (1951) and Man in the Struggle for Peace (1963).
Dr. Charles Malek's son, Prof. Habib Malek is human rights activist and academic. He is the founding member of the Foundation for Human and Humanitarian Rights in Lebanon.
He was educated at the American Mission School for Boys in Tripoli, Lebanon, and at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon where he received his B.A. in mathematics and physics in 1927. He then studied at Harvard University in the United States and received his M.A. in philosophy in 1934 and Ph.D. in philosophy in 1934.
Dr Charles Habib Malek
Charles, Eva Malek and
their son Habib in 1986
