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American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
Place signed	%20%20%20Bogota%20is%20also%20a%20city%20in%20%20%20New%20Jersey%2C%20see%20%20%20Bogota%2C%20New%20Jersey.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20... Bogotá, %20%20%20The%20Republic%20of%20Colombia%20is%20a%20country%20in%20north-western%20%20%20South%20America.%20... Colombia
Date signed	%20%20%201948%20is%20a%20%20%20leap%20year%20starting%20on%20Thursday%20(link%20will%20take%20you%20to%20calendar).%20%20%20%20... April 1948
Date entered into force	%20%20%201948%20is%20a%20%20%20leap%20year%20starting%20on%20Thursday%20(link%20will%20take%20you%20to%20calendar).%20%20%20%20... April 1948
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The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man was the world's first %20%20%20International%20human%20rights%20instruments%20can%20be%20classified%20into%20two%20categories%3A%20declarations%2C%20adopted%20by%20bodies%20such%20as%20the%20United%20Nations%20General%20Assembly%2C%20which%20are%20not%20legally%20binding%20although%20they%20may%20be%20politically%20so%3B%20and%20conventions%2C%20which%20are%20legally%20binding%20instruments%20concluded%20under%20international%20law.%20... international human rights instrument of a general nature, predating the %20%20%20The%20Universal%20Declaration%20of%20Human%20Rights%20(also%20UDHR)%20is%20a%20declaration%20adopted%20by%20the%20United%20Nations%20General%20Assembly%20(A%2FRES%2F217%2C%20December%2010%2C%201948)%2C%20outlining%20basic%20human%20rights.%20... Universal Declaration of Human Rights by more than six months.

The Declaration was adopted by the nations of the %20%20The%20Americas%20(sometimes%20referred%20to%20as%20America)%20is%20the%20area%20including%20the%20land%20mass%20located%20between%20the%20Pacific%20Ocean%20and%20the%20Atlantic%20Ocean%2C%20generally%20divided%20into%20North%20America%20and%20South%20America.%20... Americas at the Ninth International Conference of American States in %20%20%20Bogota%20is%20also%20a%20city%20in%20%20%20New%20Jersey%2C%20see%20%20%20Bogota%2C%20New%20Jersey.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20... Bogotá, %20%20%20The%20Republic%20of%20Colombia%20is%20a%20country%20in%20north-western%20%20%20South%20America.%20... Colombia, in April %20%20%201948%20is%20a%20%20%20leap%20year%20starting%20on%20Thursday%20(link%20will%20take%20you%20to%20calendar).%20%20%20%20... 1948, the same meeting that adopted the Charter of the Organization of American States and thereby created the %20%20%20%20The%20Organization%20of%20American%20States%20(%5COAS%5C%3B%20%5COEA%5C%20in%20the%20other%20three%20official%20languages)%20is%20an%20international%20organization%2C%20headquartered%20in%20Washington%2C%20D.... OAS.

Chapter One of the Declaration sets forth a catalogue of civil and political rights to be enjoyed by the citizens of the signatory nations, together with additional economic, social, and cultural rights due to them. As a corollary, its second chapter contains a list of corresponding duties. As explained in the preamble:

"The fulfillment of duty by each individual is a prerequisite to the rights of all. Rights and duties are interrelated in every social and political activity of man. While rights exalt individual liberty, duties express the dignity of that liberty."

Although strictly speaking a declaration and not a legally binding treaty, the jurisprudence of both the %20%20%20The%20Inter-American%20Court%20of%20Human%20Rights%20is%20an%20autonomous%20judicial%20institution%20based%20in%20the%20city%20of%20San%20Jos%5CxE9%2C%20Costa%20Rica.%20... Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the %20%20%20The%20Inter-American%20Commission%20on%20Human%20Rights%20(the%20IACHR%20or%2C%20in%20Spanish%2C%20CIDH)%20is%20one%20of%20the%20two%20bodies%20that%20comprise%20the%20inter-American%20system%20for%20the%20promotion%20and%20protection%20of%20human%20rights.%20... Inter-American Commission on Human Rights holds it to be a source of binding international obligations for the OAS's member states. While largely superseded in the current practice of the inter-American human rights system by the more elaborate provisions of the %20%20%20The%20American%20Convention%20on%20Human%20Rights%20(also%20known%20as%20the%20Pact%20of%20San%20Jos%5CxE9)%20is%20an%20International%20human%20rights%20instrument.%20... American Convention on Human Rights (in force since %20%20%20July%2018%20is%20the%20199th%20day%20(200th%20in%20leap%20years)%20of%20the%20year%20in%20the%20Gregorian%20Calendar%2C%20with%20166%20days%20remaining.%20%20%20%20... 18 July %20%20%20%20%20%20%20Events%20%20January%20%20January%201%20-%20The%20Copyright%20Act%20of%201976%20takes%20effect%2C%20making%20sweeping%20changes%20to%20United%20States%20copyright%20law.%20... 1978), the terms of the Declaration are still enforced with respect to those states that have not ratified the Convention.

External link

• Text of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (http://www.cidh.org/Basicos/basic2.htm)