Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789

Avalon Project: Declaration of the Rights of Man - 1789
Text of the document which acknowledges the fundamental rights not merely of French citizens but of all people without exception.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/rightsof.htm
Bill of Rights and the Rights of Man, The
Contrasts France's Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen and the United States' Bill of Rights, issued within a month of each other in 1789.
usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/whatsdem/whatdm12.htm
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Text of the document. From the Constitution Society.
www.constitution.org/fr/fr_drm.htm
Wikipedia: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Hyperlinked article about one of the fundamental documents of the French Revolution, defining a set of individual rights and collective rights of the people towards the state.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen

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