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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 ...
[iii]: 18 More recently, considering the section 10 right to dignity, the court held in Reddell v Mineral Sands Resources that juristic persons do not have a constitutional right to dignity, because, on a purposive reading, section 10 intended to protected the "intrinsic self-worth" of human beings. [iv]: 58–63
Furthermore, Article 8 sometimes comprises positive obligations: whereas classical human rights are formulated as prohibiting a State from interfering with rights, and thus not to do something (e.g. not to separate a family under family life protection), the effective enjoyment of such rights may also include an obligation for the State to ...
The common-law crime of sodomy and section 20A of the Sexual Offences Act are inconsistent with the Constitution, and therefore invalid, because they infringe the rights to equality, dignity and privacy. (Unanimous.) Decision by: Ackermann: Keywords; LGBT rights, sodomy law
[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.
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 ...
Minister of Home Affairs and Another v Fourie and Another; Lesbian and Gay Equality Project and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others, [2005] ZACC 19, [1] [2] [3] is a landmark decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in which the court ruled unanimously that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.