<P> Although not a comprehensive statement of civil and political liberties, the Bill of Rights stands as one of the landmark documents in the development of civil liberties in the United Kingdom and a model for later, more general, statements of rights; these include the United States Bill of Rights, the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights . For example, as with the Bill of Rights 1689, the US Constitution prohibits excessive bail and "cruel and unusual punishment". Similarly, "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" is banned under Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights . </P> <P> The Bill of Rights remains in statute and continues to be cited in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, particularly Article 9 on parliamentary freedom of speech . Following the Perth Agreement in 2011, legislation amending the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement 1701 came into effect across the Commonwealth realms on 26 March 2015 which changed the laws of succession to the British throne . </P> <P> Part of the Bill of Rights remains in statute in the Republic of Ireland . </P> <P> The Bill of Rights applies in England and Wales; it was enacted in the Kingdom of England which at the time included Wales . Scotland has its own legislation, the Claim of Right Act 1689, passed before the Act of Union between England and Scotland . There are doubts as to whether, or to what extent, the Bill of Rights applies in Northern Ireland . </P>

What limits did the bill of rights place on royal power