Whatever their theoretical justification human rights refer to a wide continuum of values or capabilities thought to enhance human agency or protect human interests and.
Declaration of the rights of man britannica. The catalogue of rights set out in it is scarcely less than the sum of most of the important traditional political and civil rights of national constitutions and legal systems including equality. Modeled on the 1789 document known as the declaration of the rights of man and of the male citizen déclaration des droits de l homme et du citoyen gouges s manifesto asserted that women are equal to men in society and as such entitled to the same citizenship rights. The english bill of rights 1689 the virginia declaration of rights 1776 the french declaration of the rights of man 1789 and the united states bill of rights 1791. It stated the fundamental principles which inspired the revolution.
Probably his best known work is the declaration of the rights of man and of citizens 1895. Rights of man and of the citizen declaration of a sort of manifesto issued in 1789 by the constituent assembly in the french revolution to be inscribed at the head of the constitution when it should be completed. The universal declaration of human rights udhr was adopted without dissent by the un general assembly on december 10 1948. Originally in german in which he hypothesized that the french revolutionary declaration approved by the national constituent assembly on august 26 1789 was derived not so much from the.
The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen french. In addition the ideas of the french revolution spread to many other countries. This republic did not last but france never returned to its old unequal form of society. Déclaration des droits de l homme et du citoyen de 1789 set by france s national constituent assembly in 1789 is a human civil rights document from the french revolution.
The term human rights came into common use only after world war ii. The declaration was drafted by the abbé sieyès and the marquis de lafayette in consultation with thomas jefferson. Human rights human rights the universal declaration of human rights. These documents although intended only for application within a single state or country have had far reaching influence in other countries.
The revolution brought down their king and made france a republic a country ruled by the people. Other articles where the declaration of the rights of man and of citizens is discussed. It was made current by the united nations universal declaration of human rights published in 1948.