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Dignity, Human Rights, and Democracy [PDF]
In order to analyze what can plausibly be said about the relationship between dignity, human rights, and democracy, I will propose a basic assumption about human dignity (I) and then formulate five theses concerning the justification of democracy (II ...
Ernesto Garzon Valdes
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, 2005 In this review of Leon Kass's Life, liberty and the defense of dignity and Deryck Beyleveld and Roger Brownsword's Human dignity in bioethics and biolaw. I consider the prospects for a theory of dignity as a basis for bioethics research.
Ashcroft, Richard E.
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley +2 more
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Human dignity for good Hungarians only
, 2019 Published online: 11 June 2019On 4 June 2019 the packed Constitutional Court of Hungary issued an astonishingly inhuman decision: The criminalization and eventual imprisonment of homeless people, the Court declared, is in line with the 2011 Fundamental ...
HALMAI, Gábor, CHRONOWSKI, Nóra
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang +3 more
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Human Dignity and the Constitution
Jurisprudence, 2015 Most contemporary national constitutions and international human rights declarations recognise the respect of human dignity as their inviolable fundamental principle. Nevertheless, besides some generally accepted cases of its flagrant violations, human dignity remains a highly controversial concept not only in its practical application but also in its ...
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The Core Meaning of Human Dignity
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2016 The concept of human dignity is relatively new in international and domestic constitutional law. Dignity is protected as a value or a right, or both, in international law and many domestic jurisdictions. It is difficult to define human dignity in a legal
Rinie Steinmann
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The Right to Human Dignity in Western Balkans
Collection Regional Law Review, 2023 The right to human dignity is a cornerstone of modern constitutional structures. Accordingly, constitutions of the Western Balkans states (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia) unequivocally confirm the importance and ...
Damir Sütő
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Indigenous wellbeing theories offer potential to better measure social and cultural determinants. This scoping review aimed to identify the types of metrics used by the Australian government to assess wellbeing and evaluate the alignment of current frameworks against Indigenous and non‐Indigenous conceptualisations of wellbeing.
Sophie Wright‐Pedersen +5 more
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The Right to Citizenship and Human Dignity
, 2022 The aim of this paper is to explore the interconnection between the right to citizenship, in its strict legal sense, and the principle of human dignity.
Maria Dicosola
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