The Vacuous Concept of Dignity

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Notes

UDHR, article 3 and ICCPR, article 6.

UDHR, article 3 and ICCPR, article 9.

UDHR, article 5 and ICCPR, article 7.

UDHR, article 22 and ICESC, articles 9 and 15.

UDHR, article 12 and ICCPR, article 17.

UDHR, article 24 and ICESC, article 7(d).

UDHR, article 25 and ICESC, article 11.

That said, both of us are of the view that rights ultimately require a consequentialist foundation.

See the report in The Week, September 27, 2003.

See ACT Bill of Rights Consultative Committee, Towards an ACT Human Rights Act (May 2003, No. 03/0068), p. 17 (emphasis ours).

See, for example, Ministry of Transport v Noort [1992] 3 NZLR 260 (CA) at page 270 referring to “…inalienable rights derived from the inherent dignity of the human person.” (emphasis ours)

S v Makwanyane (1995) (6) BCLR 655 (CC), Constitutional Court of South Africa.

See Gosselin v Quebec (Attorney General) [2002] 4 S.C.R.429.