Declaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (DDHC) is a foundational text adopted on August 26, 1789, during the French Revolution. It proclaims the natural and imprescriptible rights of man: liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. It affirms equality of all before the law, freedom of expression, and consent to taxation. Incorporated into the preamble of the 1958 Constitution, it has constitutional value and continues to inspire French and international law. The DDHC profoundly influenced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.