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Bill of rights
Proclamation of fundamental rights to citizens of a polity / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the concept. For specific bills of rights, see United States Bill of Rights, English Bill of Rights, and § List of bills of rights. For other uses, see Bill of Rights (disambiguation).
"Charter of rights" redirects here. For the Canadian constitutional charter, see Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
A bill of rights, sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country. The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and private citizens.[1]
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Bills of rights may be entrenched or unentrenched. An entrenched bill of rights cannot be amended or repealed by a country's legislature through regular procedure, instead requiring a supermajority or referendum; often it is part of a country's constitution, and therefore subject to special procedures applicable to constitutional amendments.