Human Dignity in Context
Grimm, Professor Dr Dieter (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany) / Kemmerer, Alexandra / Mollers, Christoph
Human dignity is the key term that the Universal Declaration on Human Rights placed at the centre of legal discourse on a global level. The Universal Declaration inspired the subsequent use of dignity in domestic constitutional documents as well as in international and regional human rights texts. In 1949, Germany incorporated the concept of human dignity in its Basic law, placing it at the core of the constitutional document and this referenc...