--Bogota, Colombia, 1948
"WHEREAS:
"The American peoples have acknowledged the dignity of the individual, and their national constitutions recognize that juridical and political institutions, which regulate life in human society, have as their principal aim the protection of the essential rights of man and the creation of circumstances that will permit him to achieve spiritual and material progress and attain happiness;
"The American States have on repeated occasions recognized that the essential rights of man are not derived from the fact that he is a national of a certain state, but are based upon attributes of his human personality;
"The international protection of the rights of man should be the principal guide of an evolving American law;
"The affirmation of essential human rights by the American States together with the guarantees given by the internal regimes of the states establish the initial system of protection considered by the American States as being suited to the present social and juridical conditions, not without a recognition on their part that they should increasingly strengthen that system in the international field as conditions become more favorable, The Ninth International Conference of American States AGREES To adopt the following:
AMERICAN DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MAN..."--Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; read more on cite
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