John Peters Humphrey (April 30, 1905 – March 14, 1995) was a Canadian legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate. He is most famous as the principal author of the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a foundational document in international human rights law adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948.
Humphrey's contributions were recognized with honors including the Order of Canada (1974), the National Order of Quebec (1985), and the UN Human Rights Prize (1988).