<P> The Declaration has also influenced and inspired rights - based liberal democracy throughout the world . It was translated as soon as 1793--1794 by Colombian Antonio Nariño, who published it despite the Inquisition and was sentenced to be imprisoned for ten years for doing so . In 2003, the document was listed on UNESCO's Memory of the World register . </P> <P> According to the preamble of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic (adopted on 4 October 1958, and the current constitution), the principles set forth in the Declaration have constitutional value . Many laws and regulations have been canceled because they did not comply with those principles as interpreted by the Conseil Constitutionnel ("Constitutional Council of France") or by the Conseil d'État ("Council of State"). </P> <Ul> <Li> Taxation legislation or practices that seem to make some unwarranted difference between citizens are struck down as unconstitutional . </Li> <Li> Suggestions of positive discrimination on ethnic grounds are rejected because they infringe on the principle of equality since they would establish categories of people that would, by birth, enjoy greater rights . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Taxation legislation or practices that seem to make some unwarranted difference between citizens are struck down as unconstitutional . </Li>

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