page_title: Malta Protectorate
section_title: Declaration of Rights
hierarchical_section_title: Malta Protectorate / Declaration of Rights
caption_attribution_description: English: Palazzo parisio rights of man and citizens malta Other information None
context_page_description: Malta Protectorate was the political term for Malta when it was officially part of the Kingdom of Sicily but under British protection. This protectorate happened between the capitulation of the French forces in Malta in 1800 and the transformation of the islands to a Crown colony in 1813.
context_section_description: In June 1802, 104 representatives from the Maltese towns and villages signed a declaration entitled La Dichiarazione dei Diritti degli abitanti delle Isole di Malta e Gozo (The Declaration of Rights of the inhabitants of the Islands of Malta and Gozo) by which they proclaimed George III to be their king, and that he had no right to surrender Malta to another power. By the Declaration they also proclaimed that Malta should be self-governing while under British protection.
caption: The Declaration of Rights of the inhabitants of the Islands of Malta and Gozo, of 1802, at Palazzo Parisio
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