Human Rights Monument - Paris, France
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N 48° 51.314 E 002° 18.066
31U E 448732 N 5411598
This monument is located on the Champs de Mars between the Eiffel Tower and Les Invalides.
Waymark Code: WMD4CC
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 11/16/2011
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This website (
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"This monument, dedicated to the Human Rights, was installed in Champs de Mars, in 1989--the 200th anniversary of the "La Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen."
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is one of the fundamental documents of the French Revolution, defining a set of individual rights and collectives rights of all the estates as one. Influenced by the doctrine of natural rights, these rights are universal: they are supposed to be valid in all times and places, pertaining to human nature itself. The last article of the Declaration was adopted August 26, 1789 (the same year the U.S. adopted the Bill of Rights), by the Assemblée nationale constituante (National Constituent Assembly), as the first step toward writing a constitution. While it set forth fundamental rights, not only for French citizens but for all men without exception, it did not make any statement about the status of women, nor did it explicitly address slavery.
Designed by Ivan Theimer, it shows an Egyptian influence The two bronze pylons of the western frontage are covered with signs, symbols and text symbolizing human rights."