Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)

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gptkbp:adoptedBy gptkb:National_Constituent_Assembly_of_France
26 August 1789
gptkbp:author gptkb:Emmanuel_Joseph_Sieyès
gptkb:Honoré_Mirabeau
gptkb:Jean-Joseph_Mounier
gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
Thomas Jefferson (consulted)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:France
gptkbp:displayedAt gptkb:French_National_Archives
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:French_Revolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
gptkb:Constitution_of_Haiti
gptkb:French_Constitution_of_1791
Latin American constitutions
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:English_Bill_of_Rights
gptkb:American_Declaration_of_Independence
Enlightenment philosophy
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:locationAdopted gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 17
gptkbp:principle gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkb:foundation
equality
freedom of speech
freedom of religion
separation of powers
presumption of innocence
sovereignty of the people
protection of property
gptkbp:purpose establish equality before the law
guarantee civil liberties
define individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:French_government
international human rights law
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Storming_of_the_Bastille
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
gptkb:Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Woman_and_of_the_Female_Citizen
gptkbp:status foundational document of modern human rights
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Universal_Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_(1795)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5