A
bill of rights, or the Bill of Rights, is a declaration of the rights that a citizenry have.
It may also refer to:
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Declaration of Right, 1689
The Declaration of Right, or Declaration of Rights, is a document produced by the English Parliament, following the 1688 Glorious Revolution. It sets out the wrongs committed by the exiled James II, the rights of English citizens, and the obligat ...
, a document, given as a speech, that declared the rights all citizens of England should have
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Bill of Rights 1689, the bill of rights passed by the Parliament of England, as amended several times
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United States Bill of Rights, written 1789, ratified 1791
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789 French document
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Second Bill of Rights
The Second Bill of Rights or Bill of Economic Rights was proposed by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 11, 1944. In his address, Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come ...
, proposals by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 United Nations document
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Canadian Bill of Rights
The ''Canadian Bill of Rights'' (french: Déclaration canadienne des droits) is a federal statute and bill of rights enacted by the Parliament of Canada on August 10, 1960. It provides Canadians with certain rights at Canadian federal law in rel ...
, an Act of the Canadian Parliament in 1960
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International Bill of Human Rights, 1976 United Nations document
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in the Canadian Constitution of 1982
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New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
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Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance, a Hong Kong ordinance enacted in 1991
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Bill of Rights Bill
The Bill of Rights Bill was a proposed Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that sought to replace the Human Rights Act 1998. It was introduced to the House of Commons by Dominic Raab, the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Sec ...
(proposed legislation in the United Kingdom)
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Consumer Bill of Rights
On March 15, 1962, President John F. Kennedy presented a speech to the United States Congress in which he extolled four basic consumer rights, later called the Consumer Bill of Rights. The United Nations through the United Nations Guidelines for Co ...
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Homeless Bill of Rights
The Homeless Bill of Rights (also Homeless Person's Bill of Rights and Acts of Living bill) refers to legislation protecting the civil and human rights of homeless people. These laws affirm that homeless people have equal rights to medical care, f ...
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Taxpayer Bill of Rights
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Academic Bill of Rights
An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...
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Veterans' Bill of Rights
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G.I. Bill of Rights
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s). The original G.I. Bill expired in 1956, bu ...
, better known as the G.I. Bill
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Homosexual Bill of Rights, drafted by
North American Conference of Homophile Organizations
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Library Bill of Rights
The Library Bill of Rights is the American Library Association's statement expressing the rights of library users to intellectual freedom and the expectations the association places on libraries to support those rights. The Association's Council ...
, published by the
American Library Association
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Environmental Bill of Rights
The ''Environmental Bill of Rights'' (EBR) is a provincial law in Ontario, Canada passed in 1993 to provide a bill of rights to Ontario residents for environmental matters. Significantly, it gives Ontario residents the right to participate in en ...
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Agenda 21
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Creator's Bill of Rights
The Creator's Bill of Rights (officially, A Bill of Rights for Comics Creators) is a document drafted in November 1988 by a number of independent comic book artists, writers, and publishers, designed to protect their rights as creators and publish ...
, comic writers and artists
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Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights
The Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights (LEBOR, LEOBR, or LEOBoR) is intended to protect American law enforcement personnel from investigation and prosecution arising from conduct during official performance of their duties, and provides them ...
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California Voter Bill of Rights, adaptation of the
Voting Rights Act
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Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque The "Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque" is a list crafted by Muslim and feminist author Asra Nomani.
The Bill made developments in the United States in 2004, headed by thDaughters of Hajar History
"The Islamic Bill of Rights for Women i ...
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New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act
The New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act, also known as P.L. 2010, Chapter 122, is a policy created in 2011 by New Jersey legislature to combat bullying in public schools throughout the state. This act is an extension of the state's origi ...
* Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights, contained within the
Credit CARD Act of 2009
The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 is a federal statute passed by the United States Congress and signed by U.S. President Barack Obama on May 22, 2009. It is a comprehensive credit card reform legislat ...
* Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights (
Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act
The Survivors' Bill of Rights Act of 2016 () is a landmark civil rights and victims rights legislation in the United States that establishes, for the first time, statutory rights in federal code for survivors of sexual assault and rape. The law im ...
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