SOUTO, Ricardo dos Santos. Human Dignity as an Absolute Value and Constitutionally Established. Rev. NUFEN []. 2019, 11, 3, pp.170-186. ISSN 2175-2591.  https://doi.org/10.26823/RevistadoNUFEN.vol11.nº03ensaio53.

This article aims to discuss human dignity, meaning respect to a minimum condition for human existence, an absolute value and constitutionally established which consolidates respect to the human being. The study was developed through a bibliographical research. The Principle of Human Dignity is significant in the Brazilian legal order, because it refers to a criteria of compulsory value, legitimated and legalized; Article 1st, item II of the 1988 Federal Constitution establishes that the right to citizenship recognizes the principle of human dignity as one of the Brazilian Republic fundaments; that the right to an integrated and dignified life has as its main focus the principle of human dignity and as a fundamental right within and guaranteed by the 1988 Federal Constitution; that the principle of human dignity is the foundation of human rights considered fundamental conditions for the existence of the democratic state that is governed by the rule of law

: Human Rights; 1988 Federal Constitution; Principle of Human Dignity.

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