Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_documents gptkb:law
gptkbp:adoptedBy	gptkb:National_Constituent_Assembly 1789
gptkbp:article1	Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
gptkbp:article2	The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man.
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:France
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights gptkb:constitutional_law gptkb:French_Constitution_of_1791
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:American_Revolution gptkb:Enlightenment
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French
gptkbp:legalStatus	part of French constitutional law
gptkbp:locationAdopted	gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:notableContributor	gptkb:Abbé_Sieyès gptkb:Honoré_Mirabeau gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette Thomas Jefferson (consulted)
gptkbp:numberOfArticles	17
gptkbp:preservedIn	gptkb:French_Constitution_of_1958
gptkbp:purpose	abolish privileges of the aristocracy define individual and collective rights establish equality before the law
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkbp:rightsDeclared	gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America gptkb:security prop resistance to oppression
gptkbp:significance	foundation of modern human rights inspired later constitutions
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:law civil rights equality freedom freedom of speech human rights justice freedom of religion property rights separation of powers sovereignty equality before the law presumption of innocence taxation by consent due process
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:French_government gptkb:The_Social_Contract
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4