Founding declarations of the rights of citizens: the United States Bill of Rights, the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the Directive Principles of India's constitution. A document belongs here when its cited article describes a bill or declaration of rights or a statement of constitutional principles. It excludes emancipation and land settlement measures. The French declaration is a statement of principles rather than a code, and it is admitted for the same reason as the American bill.
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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 (French: Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen de 1789), set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil rights document from the French Revolution; the French title can be translated in the modern era as "Declaration of Human and Civil Rights".
United States Bill of Rights (Wikipedia)
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The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
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