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.
Declaration of the rights of man ideas. The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. John locke s idea of natural rights created a whole new aspect of how the. It was declared by the national assembly of france in the first year of the french revolution. The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen french.
It was a constitutional document that guaranteed the rights of all individual frenchmen. The security of the rights of man and of the citizen requires public military forces. The enlightenment thinkers of this era were obsessed with the idea that there are natural laws that have always existed but that people weren t clever enough to list. La déclaration des droits de l homme et du citoyen is one of the most important papers of the french revolution this paper explains a list of rights such as freedom of religion freedom of speech freedom of assembly and separation of powers all men have these rights.
It was a concise expression of enlightenment values and ideas embraced by most political clubs and factions. Drafted by representatives with different legal. The declaration was drafted by the abbé sieyès and the marquis de lafayette in consultation with thomas jefferson. The declaration of the rights of man and citizen is a list of rights and privileges that according to it all men are born with and governments should stop trying to take away.
Every citizen may accordingly speak write and print with freedom but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law. The declaration of the rights of man 1789 reflected enlightenment ideas and ideals in a number of ways. Constitution and the declaration of the rights of man. More so than even the american documents it was based on the declaration of the rights of man and citizen is a watershed moment in human history because it boldly declares that all governments must be accountable to the people.
The declaration of the rights of man and citizen was passed by the national constituent assembly in august 1789. Natural rights spawns uprisings and revolution in countries because people believe it to be their right to have shared power which is evident through multiple documents such as the english bill of rights u s.