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Human dignity is the fundamental principle of the German constitution. Article 1, paragraph 1 reads: "Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority." Human dignity is thus mentioned even before the right to life. This has a significant impact on German law-making and jurisdiction in both ...
It enshrines the rights of all people in our country and affirms the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom. The state must respect, protect, promote and fulfil the rights in the Bill of Rights. The rights in the Bill of Rights are subject to the limitations contained or referred to in section 36, or elsewhere in the Bill.
The court held that, although the right to family life is not expressly mentioned in the South African Bill of Rights, it is implicitly protected by the section 10 right to human dignity. The right to dignity encompasses the right to enter into and sustain permanent intimate relationships, including marriage relationships, which are of defining ...
Second, however, the Constitutional Court found that section 49(2) authorised unjustifiable violations of three rights protected by the Bill of Rights: the right to human dignity, in section 10 of the Constitution; the right to life, in section 11; and the right to freedom and security of the person, in section 12.
[18] [19] Towards the end of the war, the United Nations Charter was debated, drafted, and ratified to reaffirm "faith in fundamental human rights, and dignity and worth of the human person" and commit all member states to promote "universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to ...
Likewise, human dignity is closely linked to the section 14 right to privacy. Thus, by seeking "to protect the legitimate interest individuals have in their reputation", the law of defamation supported the protection of the constitutional value of human dignity.
Titled “Dignitas Inifinita” (Infinite Dignity) the declaration focuses on what it describes as a range of threats to human dignity, including poverty, the death penalty, war, assisted dying ...
The right to freedom from discrimination is internationally recognised as a human right and enshrines the principle of egalitarianism.The right to freedom from discrimination is recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and enshrined in international human rights law through its inclusion in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant ...