Several reference texts are often named "Declaration of human rights".
Actually this name can refer to several different texts:
the Declaration of human and citizen rights (in French only) voted in 1789 by the French Constitutive Assembly. The 17 articles of this text are available on this site.
the Declaration of human and citizen rights voted in 1793 by the Convention. This text of 35 articles improves democracy and more, for the first time, it forbids slavery and slave trade.
the Declaration of human and citizen rights voted in 1795 shows a come back on some important points. For instance, the first article ("Men are born and stay equals in rights...") disappears. However, slavery remains forbidden.
the international Declaration of human rights (in French only) voted in 1948 by the United nations. Deeply inspired by previous texts (the above mentioned French texts and also the American Independence declaration of 1776 and the Declarations of rights voted by several American States), this text improves them on many points. The come back of Slavery in France for part of the XIXth century, the two World Wars, Nazism, Fascism, Franquism, Stalinism... could feed the thoughts. The 35 articles of this text are available on this site but only in French. You can also find them on other sites such as the French Ministry of Interior's site.
Don't be misled: some dictatorial countries often infringe on these texts. Press reports these violations as often as possible but reporters are often the first victims of inhuman repression.
Many humanitarian associations are working for human rights respect. Among them, these 2 are present in Tournus:
