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Magna Carta
Agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. It promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons Danziger & Gillingham 2004, p. 268 -
Bill of Rights
Passed on 16 Dec 1689, The Bill of Rights lays down limits on the powers of the monarch and sets out the rights of Parliament, including the requirement for regular parliaments, free elections, and freedom of speech in Parliament. -
Freedom of Press
On Aug. 4, 1735, freedom of the press was established in the American colonies when John Peter Zenger, publisher of the New York Weekly Journal, was acquitted of libel charges brought by New York Gov. William Crosby. -
Rights of Man
On august, 26 1789 The representatives of the French people, organized as a National Assembly, believing that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public calamities and of the corruption of governments, have determined to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, unalienable, and sacred rights of man, -
United State Bill of Rights
The United State Bill of Rights gives specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and explicit declarations that all powers not specifically delegated to Congress by the Constitution are reserved for the states or the people. It was established on 15 Dec 1791 -
Refugee Convention
On 30 Nov 1951 the Refugee Convention established which gave rights to refugees. In this human right establishment the refugees were not allowed to go to a country in which they faced threats. This was now an international customary law. -
Right to privacy
The controversial case Roe v. Wade in 1972 firmly established the right to privacy as fundamental, and required that any governmental infringement of that right to be justified by a compelling state interest. -
Right to equality
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Elimination of discrimination against Women
Adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination. Ratified on 3 sept 1981 -
Right To education
