American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man

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declaration of rights foundational document of the Inter-American human rights system human rights instrument inter-American human rights instrument regional human rights instrument

The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man is a foundational 1948 regional human rights instrument of the Americas that sets out civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, along with corresponding duties.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man canonical	9
American Declaration	1
Declaración Americana de los Derechos y Deberes del Hombre	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T217400 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
Context triple: [Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, legalFramework, American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man]

A. French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a foundational 1789 document of the French Revolution that proclaims universal individual rights and the principles of national sovereignty, liberty, and equality before the law.
B. Declaration of Rights
The Declaration of Rights is the section of the Massachusetts Constitution that sets out fundamental civil liberties and principles of government, serving as a bill of rights for the state's citizens.
C. American Declaration of Independence
The American Declaration of Independence is the 1776 document in which the thirteen American colonies formally asserted their separation from Great Britain and articulated foundational principles of individual rights and self-government.
D. Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms was a 1775 document issued by the Second Continental Congress that justified the American colonies’ resort to armed resistance against British rule at the outset of the Revolutionary War.
E. Hymn to Liberty
"Hymn to Liberty" is a 19th-century Greek patriotic poem by Dionysios Solomos, set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros, that celebrates the Greek War of Independence and serves as Greece’s national anthem.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
Target entity description: The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man is a foundational 1948 regional human rights instrument of the Americas that sets out civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, along with corresponding duties.

A. French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a foundational 1789 document of the French Revolution that proclaims universal individual rights and the principles of national sovereignty, liberty, and equality before the law.
B. Declaration of Rights
The Declaration of Rights is the section of the Massachusetts Constitution that sets out fundamental civil liberties and principles of government, serving as a bill of rights for the state's citizens.
C. American Declaration of Independence
The American Declaration of Independence is the 1776 document in which the thirteen American colonies formally asserted their separation from Great Britain and articulated foundational principles of individual rights and self-government.
D. Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms was a 1775 document issued by the Second Continental Congress that justified the American colonies’ resort to armed resistance against British rule at the outset of the Revolutionary War.
E. Hymn to Liberty
"Hymn to Liberty" is a 19th-century Greek patriotic poem by Dionysios Solomos, set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros, that celebrates the Greek War of Independence and serves as Greece’s national anthem.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	declaration of rights ⓘ foundational document of the Inter-American human rights system ⓘ human rights instrument ⓘ inter-American human rights instrument ⓘ regional human rights instrument ⓘ
adoptedAtSameConferenceAs	Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ
adoptedBy	Ninth International Conference of American States ⓘ Organization of American States ⓘ
adoptedInCity	Bogotá ⓘ
adoptedInCountry	Colombia ⓘ
adoptionDate	1948-05-02 ⓘ
adoptionYear	1948 ⓘ
appliedBy	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
bindingOn	OAS member states not parties to the American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
chronologicalRelation	adopted months before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
contains	list of duties ⓘ list of rights ⓘ preamble ⓘ
dutyRecognized	duty to educate one’s children ⓘ duty to obey the law ⓘ duty to pay taxes ⓘ duty to serve the community ⓘ duty to vote ⓘ
fullName	American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first general international human rights instrument of a regional nature ⓘ
influenced	American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
influencedBy	Universal Declaration of Human Rights drafting process ⓘ linked to: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
inForce	true ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding declaration ⓘ
legalStatusInInterAmericanSystem	authoritative source of human rights obligations ⓘ
precededBy	Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ linked to: French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
recognizedBy	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
region	Americas ⓘ
regionalOrganization	Organization of American States ⓘ
relatedTo	American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
rightRecognized	freedom of expression ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ right to a fair trial ⓘ right to education ⓘ right to equality before the law ⓘ right to life ⓘ right to personal liberty ⓘ right to property ⓘ right to work ⓘ
shortName	American Declaration ⓘ linked to: American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
subjectMatter	civil rights ⓘ cultural rights ⓘ duties of the individual ⓘ economic rights ⓘ human rights ⓘ political rights ⓘ social rights ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → legalFramework → American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ⓘ

Ninth International Conference of American States → mainOutcome → American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → basedOn → American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → coreInstrument → American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → monitorsComplianceOf → American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ⓘ

Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → basedOn → American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ⓘ

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → fullName → American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ⓘ

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → shortName → American Declaration ⓘ

linked to: American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man

Inter-American system → legalFrameworkIncludes → American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ⓘ

Inter-American Convention on Human Rights → preambleReferences → American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ⓘ

Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos → tieneBaseNormativa → Declaración Americana de los Derechos y Deberes del Hombre ⓘ