The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

In 1789, Abbé Sieyès and the Marquis de Lafayette collaborated with Thomas Jefferson to draft the first human rights document. This document, which consists of 17 articles, is a declaration of a citizen's rights.

This is not the first Human Rights document to be drafted. There were numerous other similar documents passed by various countries at various times, including the 1215 Magna Carta, the 1689 English Bill of Rights, the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence, and the 1789 United States Bill of Rights.

It serves as a pillar for the creation of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights in 1984, which serves as the world's foundation for human rights today.