Abstract

SOUTO, Ricardo dos Santos. Human Dignity as an Absolute Value and Constitutionally Established. Rev. NUFEN [online]. 2019, vol.11, n.3, pp. 170-186. ISSN 2175-2591.  http://dx.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

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

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