eu-charter

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Article 1 - Human dignity

Article 1 - Human dignity

Human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected.

  • Text:

    The dignity of the human person is not only a fundamental right in itself but constitutes the real basis of fundamental rights. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights enshrined human dignity in its preamble: ‘Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.’ In its judgment of 9 October 2001 in Case C-377/98 Netherlands v European Parliament and Council [2001] ECR I-7079, at grounds 70 — 77, the Court of Justice confirmed that a fundamental right to human dignity is part of Union law.
    It results that none of the rights laid down in this Charter may be used to harm the dignity of another person, and that the dignity of the human person is part of the substance of the rights laid down in this Charter. It must therefore be respected, even where a right is restricted.

    Source:
    Official Journal of the European Union C 303/17 - 14.12.2007
    Preamble - Explanations relating to the Charter of Fundamental Rights:
    These explanations were originally prepared under the authority of the Praesidium of the Convention which drafted the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Although they do not as such have the status of law, they are a valuable tool of interpretation intended to clarify the provisions of the Charter.
  • F v Bevándorlási és Állampolgársági Hivatal.
    Decision date:
    Deciding body type:
    Court of Justice of the European Union
    Deciding body:
    Court (Third Chamber)
    Type:
    Decision
    Policy area:
    Asylum and migration
    ECLI (European case law identifier):
    ECLI:EU:C:2018:36
  • Defendant with foreign nationality and public prosecutor representing the State
    Decision date:
    Deciding body type:
    National Court/Tribunal
    Deciding body:
    Budapest-Capital Regional Court of Appeal
    Type:
    Decision
    Policy area:
    Justice, freedom and security
    ECLI (European case law identifier):
  • F v Bevándorlási és Állampolgársági Hivatal
    Decision date:
    Deciding body type:
    Court of Justice of the European Union
    Deciding body:
    Advocate General
    Type:
    Opinion
    Policy area:
    Asylum and migration
    ECLI (European case law identifier):
    ECLI:EU:C:2017:739
  • Paolo Biasiol from Rijeka v Leopold Kesten from Rijeka and Getro Plc.
    Decision date:
    Deciding body type:
    National Court/Tribunal
    Deciding body:
    Constitutional Court
    Type:
    Decision
    Policy area:
    Justice, freedom and security
    ECLI (European case law identifier):
  • Leïmonia Sotiropoulou and Others v Council of the European Union
    Decision date:
    Deciding body type:
    Court of Justice of the European Union
    Deciding body:
    General Court (Second Chamber)
    Type:
    Decision
    Policy area:
    Employment and social policy
    ECLI (European case law identifier):
    ECLI:EU:T:2017:297
  • Applicants: Nike Karabaić, Antun Lisec from Vetovo, Hrvatski pokret za život i obitelj, Hrvatski katolički zbor "MI", Stjepan Herceg, U ime obitelji association, Saša Čajić and Daniel Majer
    Decision date:
    Deciding body type:
    National Court/Tribunal
    Deciding body:
    Constitutional Court
    Type:
    Decision
    Policy area:
    Public Health
    ECLI (European case law identifier):
  • The Commission for the Protection against Discrimination (CPD) v the director of an elementary school in the town of R
    Decision date:
    Deciding body type:
    National Court/Tribunal
    Deciding body:
    Supreme Administrative Court
    Type:
    Decision
    Policy area:
    ECLI (European case law identifier):
  • M. X. v la Caisse des dépôts et consignations
    Decision date:
    Deciding body type:
    National Court/Tribunal
    Deciding body:
    Court of cassation
    Type:
    Decision
    Policy area:
    Employment and social policy
    ECLI (European case law identifier):
  • Pál Aranyosi and Robert Căldăraru v Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Bremen
    Decision date:
    Deciding body type:
    Court of Justice of the European Union
    Deciding body:
    Court (Grand Chamber)
    Type:
    Decision
    Policy area:
    Justice, freedom and security
    ECLI (European case law identifier):
    ECLI:EU:C:2016:198
  • R.P. v Director of the Pension Department in the Ministry of the Interior
    Decision date:
    Deciding body type:
    National Court/Tribunal
    Deciding body:
    Regional Court in Częstochowa
    Type:
    Decision
    Policy area:
    ECLI (European case law identifier):

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