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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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General Reference

Law Atlas. "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://law.interactiveatlas.org/codes/declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-of-the-citizen.

APA Style

Law Atlas. (n.d.). Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://law.interactiveatlas.org/codes/declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-of-the-citizen

BibTeX

@misc{lawatlas-declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-of,
  author = {Law Atlas},
  title = {Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://law.interactiveatlas.org/codes/declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-of-the-citizen},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil rights document from the French Revolution.

Facts

Erathe subject's own account

Adopted 26 August 1789 1

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France's National Constituent Assembly 1

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1. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Wikipedia)

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil rights document from the French Revolution.

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