Professor H. Lauterpacht is the Author of the Idea of the First Project of the International Bill (Universal Declaration) of Human Rights

In the article, due to comparison of the monohraphy by English professor Hersch Lauterpacht «An International Bill of Human Rights» (USA, 1945) and the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the statement if argued that merely this scientist was the first designer of the abovementioned act. The thoughts are outlined about the further research and popularization of the singular contribution of H. Lauterpacht to the development of the international law of human rights.