General Title Effective Year Realm Notes Charter of Liberties 1100 England rights of inheritance and marriage, amnesty, and environmental protection (forest) Magna Carta 1215 England rights for barons Great Charter of Ireland 1216 Ireland rights for barons Golden Bull of 1222 1222 Hungary rights for nobles Statute of Kalisz 1264 Poland: Kingdom of Poland Jewish residents' rights Charter of Kortenberg 1312 Belgium rights for all citizens "rich and poor" Dušan's Code 1349 Serbia Twelve Articles 1525 Germany Pacta conventa 1573 Poland Henrician Articles 1573 Poland Petition of Right 1628 England Bill of Rights 1689 Claim of Right Act 1689 1689 England Scotland This applied to all British Colonies of the time, and was later entrenched in the laws of those colonies that became nations - for instance in Australia with the Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 and reconfirmed by the Statute of Westminster 1931 Virginia Declaration of Rights 1776 USA: state of Virginia June 1776, Preamble to the United States Declaration of Independence, July 1776 Chapter 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution 1776 USA: state of Pennsylvania July 1776 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 1789 France Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution 1791 USA completed in 1789, ratified in 1791 Declaration of the Rights of the People 1811 Venezuela Article I of the Constitution of Connecticut 1818 USA: state of Connecticut Constitution of Greece 1822 Epidaurus Hatt-ı Hümayun 1856 Ottoman Empire Article I of the Constitution of Texas 1875 USA: state of Texas Basic rights and liberties in Finland 1919 Finland Articles 13-28 of the Constitution of Italy 1947 Italy Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 United Nations Fundamental rights and duties of citizens in People's Republic of China 1949 China: People's Republic of China  European Convention on Human Rights 1953 Europe: 47 Council of Europe member states drafted in 1950 Fundamental Rights of Indian citizens 1950 India Implied Bill of Rights (a theory in Canadian constitutional law) 1982 Canada for the date Canadian Bill of Rights 1960 Canada International Bill of Human Rights 1976 United Nations Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms 1976 Canada: province of Quebec Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982 Canada Declaration of the Basic Duties of ASEAN Peoples and Governments 1983 Asia Signed in Manila by the Regional Council on Human Rights in Asia, the first to draft a pan-Asian declaration of human rights Article III and XIII of the Constitution of the Philippines 1987 Philippines The Bill of Rights encapsulating Article III regulates duties and responsibilities of the government toward the rights of citizens, while Article XIII is specifically about human rights and social justice Article 5 of the Constitution of Brazil 1988 Brazil New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 New Zealand Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms of the Czech Republic 1991 Czech Republic Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance 1991 China: Hong Kong Chapter 2 of the Constitution of South Africa 1996 South Africa entitled "Bill of Rights" Human Rights Act 1998 1998 United Kingdom Human Rights Act 2004 2004 Australia: Australian Capital Territory Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 2005 European Union Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 2006 Australia: state of Victoria Chapter Four of the Constitution of Zimbabwe 2013 Zimbabwe Queensland Human Rights Act 2018 2019 Australia: state of Queensland
General Title Effective Year Realm Notes Charter of Liberties 1100 England rights of inheritance and marriage, amnesty, and environmental protection (forest) Magna Carta 1215 England rights for barons Great Charter of Ireland 1216 Ireland rights for barons Golden Bull of 1222 1222 Hungary rights for nobles Statute of Kalisz 1264 Poland: Kingdom of Poland Jewish residents' rights Charter of Kortenberg 1312 Belgium rights for all citizens "rich and poor" Dušan's Code 1349 Serbia Twelve Articles 1525 Germany Pacta conventa 1573 Poland Henrician Articles 1573 Poland Petition of Right 1628 England Bill of Rights 1689 Claim of Right Act 1689 1689 England Scotland This applied to all British Colonies of the time, and was later entrenched in the laws of those colonies that became nations - for instance in Australia with the Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 and reconfirmed by the Statute of Westminster 1931 Virginia Declaration of Rights 1776 USA: state of Virginia June 1776, Preamble to the United States Declaration of Independence, July 1776 Chapter 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution 1776 USA: state of Pennsylvania July 1776 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 1789 France Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution 1791 USA completed in 1789, ratified in 1791 Declaration of the Rights of the People 1811 Venezuela Article I of the Constitution of Connecticut 1818 USA: state of Connecticut Constitution of Greece 1822 Epidaurus Hatt-ı Hümayun 1856 Ottoman Empire Article I of the Constitution of Texas 1875 USA: state of Texas Basic rights and liberties in Finland 1919 Finland Articles 13-28 of the Constitution of Italy 1947 Italy Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 United Nations Fundamental rights and duties of citizens in People's Republic of China 1949 China: People's Republic of China Fundamental Rights of Indian citizens 1950 India European Convention on Human Rights 1953 Europe: 47 Council of Europe member states drafted in 1950 Part I of the Constitution of Portugal 1976 Portugal Implied Bill of Rights (a theory in Canadian constitutional law) 1982 Canada for the date Canadian Bill of Rights 1960 Canada International Bill of Human Rights 1976 United Nations Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms 1976 Canada: province of Quebec Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982 Canada Declaration of the Basic Duties of ASEAN Peoples and Governments 1983 Asia Signed in Manila by the Regional Council on Human Rights in Asia, the first to draft a pan-Asian declaration of human rights Article III and XIII of the Constitution of the Philippines 1987 Philippines The Bill of Rights encapsulating Article III regulates duties and responsibilities of the government toward the rights of citizens, while Article XIII is specifically about human rights and social justice Article 5 of the Constitution of Brazil 1988 Brazil New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 New Zealand Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms of the Czech Republic 1991 Czech Republic Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance 1991 China: Hong Kong Chapter 2 of the Constitution of South Africa 1996 South Africa entitled "Bill of Rights" Human Rights Act 1998 1998 United Kingdom Human Rights Act 2004 2004 Australia: Australian Capital Territory Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 2005 European Union Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 2006 Australia: state of Victoria Chapter Four of the Constitution of Zimbabwe 2013 Zimbabwe Queensland Human Rights Act 2018 2019 Australia: state of Queensland
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Fundamental Rights of Indian citizens 1950 India
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Fundamental Rights of Indian citizens 1950 India
Part I of the Constitution of Portugal 1976 Portugal