French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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constitutional document foundational text of the French Revolution historical document human rights declaration legal document

The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a foundational 1789 document of the French Revolution that proclaims universal individual rights and the principles of national sovereignty, liberty, and equality before the law.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 10
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 3
Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and of the Citizen 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document ⓘ
foundational text of the French Revolution ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
human rights declaration ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
adoptedBy National Constituent Assembly ⓘ
surface form: National Constituent Assembly of France
alsoKnownAs French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
surface form: Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen de 1789
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dateAdopted 1789-08-26 ⓘ
definesPrinciple law as expression of the general will ⓘ
presumption of innocence ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
tax equality ⓘ
draftingBegan 1789-07 ⓘ
guaranteesRight due process of law ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of opinion ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
property ⓘ
hasLegalSystemContext French public law ⓘ
hasNumberOfArticles 17 ⓘ
incorporatedInto French constitutional bloc ⓘ
influenced European human rights instruments ⓘ
French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
later French constitutions ⓘ
influencedBy American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
American state constitutions ⓘ
Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
works of Montesquieu ⓘ
works of Rousseau ⓘ
legalStatusInFrance has constitutional value ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf French Revolution ⓘ
placeOfAdoption Paris ⓘ
proclaims equality before the law ⓘ
inalienable rights ⓘ
liberty ⓘ
national sovereignty ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
resistance to oppression ⓘ
security ⓘ
universal individual rights ⓘ
states men are born and remain free and equal in rights ⓘ
sovereignty resides essentially in the nation ⓘ
subjectOf constitutional case law of the French Constitutional Council ⓘ
yearAdopted 1789 ⓘ

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French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen → alsoKnownAs → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen de 1789
French Constitution of 1793 → contains → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1793
French Constitution of 1795 → containsDeclaration → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and of the Citizen
Marquis de Lafayette → drafted → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Storming of the Bastille → followedBy → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Constitution of the Fifth Republic → hasPreamble → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789
French Constitution of 1791 → incorporatedRightsFrom → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789
French Enlightenment → influenced → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
George Mason → influenced → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
American Declaration of Independence → influenced → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Declaration of Independence
Virginia Declaration of Rights → influenced → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité → influencedBy → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam → influencedBy → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
French Revolution → keyDocument → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
National Constituent Assembly → keyDocumentProduced → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
French Revolution → keyEvent → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → precededBy → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam → quotedDocument → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
French Constitution of 1791 → recognizedDocument → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789
National Constituent Assembly → significantAchievement → French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen