<P> 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 . The term "bill of rights" originates from England, where it refers to the Bill of Rights 1689 enacted by Parliament following the Glorious Revolution, asserting the supremacy of Parliament over the monarch, and listing a number of fundamental rights and liberties . </P> <P> Bills of rights may be entrenched or unentrenched . An entrenched bill of rights cannot be modified or repealed by a country's legislature through normal procedure, instead requiring a supermajority or referendum; often it is part of a country's constitution and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 . A not entrenched bill of rights is a normal statute law and as such can be modified or repealed by the legislature at will . </P>

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