American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man

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The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, also known as the Bogota Declaration, was the world's first international human rights instrument of a general nature, predating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by less than a year. Although a declaration is not, strictly speaking, a legally binding treaty, the jurisprudence of both the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has established that the declaration gives rise to binding international obligations for OAS member states. The declaration has been largely superseded in practice by the more detailed provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights (in force since 18 July 1978); it continues to be applied, however, to states that have not ratified the Convention, such as Cuba, the United States, and Canada. All men are born free and equal, in dignity and in rights, and, being endowed by nature with reason and conscience, they should conduct themselves as brothers...

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