Bill of Rights
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A bill of rights, or the Bill of Rights, is a declaration of the rights that a citizenry have.
It may also refer to:
- Declaration of Right, 1689, a document, given as a speech, that declared the rights all citizens of England should have
- Bill of Rights 1689, the bill of rights passed by the Parliament of England, as amended several times
- United States Bill of Rights, written 1789, ratified 1791
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789 French document
- Second Bill of Rights, proposals by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 United Nations document
- Canadian Bill of Rights, an Act of the Canadian Parliament in 1960
- International Bill of Human Rights, 1976 United Nations document
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in the Canadian Constitution of 1982
- New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
- Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance, a Hong Kong ordinance enacted in 1991
See also
[edit]- Bill of Rights Bill (proposed legislation in the United Kingdom)
- Consumer Bill of Rights
- Homeless Bill of Rights
- Taxpayer Bill of Rights
- Academic Bill of Rights
- Veterans' Bill of Rights
- G.I. Bill of Rights, better known as the G.I. Bill
- Homosexual Bill of Rights, drafted by North American Conference of Homophile Organizations
- Library Bill of Rights, published by the American Library Association
- Environmental Bill of Rights or Agenda 21
- Creator's Bill of Rights, comic writers and artists
- Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights
- California Voter Bill of Rights, adaptation of the Voting Rights Act
- Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque
- New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act
- Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights, contained within the Credit CARD Act of 2009
- Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights (Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act)