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The human dignity approach is suggested by the texts of international human rights treaties. The preamble of the UN Charter of 26 June 1945 refers to “faith in fundamental rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women.”
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Tiedemann, P. (2020). The Human Dignity Approach. In: Philosophical Foundation of Human Rights. Springer Textbooks in Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42262-2_4
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