American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
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| Signed | April 1948 |
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| Location | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Effective | 2 May 1948 |
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The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, also known as the Bogota Declaration,[1] was the world's first international human rights instrument of a general nature, predating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by less than a year.[2]
Although a declaration is not, strictly speaking, a legally binding treaty, the jurisprudence of both the Inter-American Court of Human Rights[3] and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights[4] has established that the Declaration gives rise to binding international obligations for OAS member states.[5] The Declaration has been largely superseded in practice by the more detailed provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights (in force since 18 July 1978); it continues to be applied, however, to states that have not ratified the Convention, such as Cuba, the United States, and Canada.[6]
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All men are born free and equal, in dignity and in rights, and, being endowed by nature with reason and conscience, they should conduct themselves as brothers one to another.
— Preamble, American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
History
The Declaration was adopted by the nations of the Americas at the Ninth International Conference of American States in Bogotá, Colombia, on 2 May 1948.[7] The conference and declaration was led and designed chiefly by United States public servants.[8][9] The same conference adopted the Charter of the Organization of American States and thereby created the OAS.[10]
Contents
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:[11]
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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.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morsink, Johannes (1999). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting, and Intent. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-8122-3474-X.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Quintana, Francisco-José (2024-04-04). "The (Latin) American Dream? Human Rights and the Construction of Inter-American Regional Organisation (1945–1948)". Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international. 25 (4): 560–591. doi:10.1163/15718050-bja10100. hdl:1814/76795. ISSN 1388-199X.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Advisory Opinion OC-10/89: Interpretation of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man within the framework of Article 64 of the American Convention on Human Rights (PDF) (Report). Series A, No. 10. Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 1989-07-14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cerna, Christina M. (2009). "Reflections on the Normative Status of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man Anniversary Contributions - International Human Rights". University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law. 30 (4): 1211–1237. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bogdandy, Armin von; Piovesan, Flávia; Ferrer Mac-Gregor, Eduardo; Morales Antoniazzi, Mariela, eds. (2024). The Impact of the Inter-American Human Rights System: Transformations on the Ground. Oxford University Press. p. 227-228. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197744161.001.0001. hdl:20.500.12657/88112. ISBN 978-0-19-774416-1.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Paúl, Álvaro (2017). Los trabajos preparatorios de la Declaración Americana de los Derechos y Deberes del Hombre y el origen remoto de la Corte Interamericana. Mexico: Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas UNAM. p. 1. ISBN 978-607-02-9613-0.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ghidirmic, Bogdan (2018). "The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man: An Underrated Gem of International Human Rights Law". Journal of Law and Public Administration. IV (7): 50–60. ISSN 2501-2657.
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External links
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- Text of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
- Travaux Préparatoires of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
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