France. Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen
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- Its New plan of the Declaration of rights ... 1793.
- Robinet, J.F. Dict. hist. et biog. de la Rév. et l'Empire 1789-1815, 1975(Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen; on the 23d of June 1793, the National convention adopted definitely this declaration)
- LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: France. Déclaration des droits de l'homme. Adopted Aug. 26, 1789, by the Assemblée national constituante and inscribed at the head of the constitution of 1791. Modified versions of the Déclaration were prefixed by the Convention nationale to the Girondin-proposed constitution of Feb. 15-16, 1793, to the constitution of June 24, 1793, and to the constitution of Aug. 22, 1795 (5 fructidor an III). This last version had title: Déclaration des droits et des devoirs de l'homme et du citoyen, and was in 2 parts: Droits (22 articles) and Devoirs (9 articles))
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen de 1789), set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil rights document from the French Revolution; the French title can be translated in the modern era as "Declaration of Human and Civil Rights". Inspired by Enlightenment philosophers, the declaration was a core statement of the values of the French Revolution and had a significant impact on the development of popular conceptions of individual liberty and democracy in Europe and worldwide. The declaration was initially drafted by Marquis de Lafayette with assistance from Thomas Jefferson, but the majority of the final draft came from Abbé Sieyès. Influenced by the doctrine of natural right, human rights are held to be universal: valid at all times and in every place. It became the basis for a nation of free individuals protected equally by the law. It is included at the beginning of the constitutions of both the French Fourth Republic (1946) and French Fifth Republic (1958) and is considered valid as constitutional law.
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