American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man

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declaration of rights foundational document of the Inter-American human rights system human rights instrument inter-American human rights instrument regional human rights instrument

The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man is a foundational 1948 regional human rights instrument of the Americas that sets out civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, along with corresponding duties.

Aliases (1)

American Declaration ×1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	declaration of rights → foundational document of the Inter-American human rights system → human rights instrument → inter-American human rights instrument → regional human rights instrument →
adoptedAtSameConferenceAs	Charter of the Organization of American States →
adoptedBy	Ninth International Conference of American States → Organization of American States →
adoptedInCity	Bogotá →
adoptedInCountry	Colombia →
adoptionDate	1948-05-02 →
adoptionYear	1948 →
appliedBy	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → Inter-American Court of Human Rights →
bindingOn	OAS member states not parties to the American Convention on Human Rights →
chronologicalRelation	adopted months before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights →
contains	list of duties → list of rights → preamble →
dutyRecognized	duty to educate one’s children → duty to obey the law → duty to pay taxes → duty to serve the community → duty to vote →
fullName	American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man →
historicalSignificance	first general international human rights instrument of a regional nature →
influenced	American Convention on Human Rights →
influencedBy	Universal Declaration of Human Rights drafting process →
inForce	true →
language	English → French → Portuguese → Spanish →
legalStatus	non-binding declaration →
legalStatusInInterAmericanSystem	authoritative source of human rights obligations →
precededBy	Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen →
recognizedBy	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights →
region	Americas →
regionalOrganization	Organization of American States →
relatedTo	American Convention on Human Rights → Universal Declaration of Human Rights →
rightRecognized	freedom of expression → freedom of religion → right to a fair trial → right to education → right to equality before the law → right to life → right to personal liberty → right to property → right to work →
shortName	American Declaration →
subjectMatter	civil rights → cultural rights → duties of the individual → economic rights → human rights → political rights → social rights →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Inter-American human rights system → Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights →	basedOn
Inter-American human rights system →	coreInstrument
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man →	fullName
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights →	legalFramework
Ninth International Conference of American States →	mainOutcome
Inter-American human rights system →	monitorsComplianceOf
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ("American Declaration") →	shortName