deklaracja

Deklaracja is a Polish term meaning declaration, a formal public statement that asserts facts, intentions, rights, or policy. Etymology: from Latin declarare. In broad use, a deklaracja can be a written or spoken document that announces positions, demands, or commitments and may be unilateral or joint. It can appear in legal, political, diplomatic, religious, or administrative contexts.

In law and politics, declarations often set out principles or claims without binding obligations, or they may accompany treaties to express intent or moral commitment. Notable historical examples include the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Deklaracja Praw Człowieka i Obywatela, 1789) and various declarations of independence or peace. States frequently issue declarations to announce new policy, declare allegiance, or declare a state of fact such as victory or neutrality. International organizations issue declarations to express shared norms or political goals.

In everyday usage, a deklaracja can describe a formal statement by a person or organization, such as a declaration of intent to pursue a project, an ethical deklaracja, or a consumer or corporate declaration of conformity or sustainability.

In information technology and computing, the term is used for declaration statements in programming languages (to declare variables, functions, types) and for metadata declarations in data schemas and configuration files.