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Paolo Becchi Klaus Mathis Editors Handbook of Human Dignity in Europe Handbook of Human Dignity in Europe (cid:129) Paolo Becchi Klaus Mathis Editors Handbook of Human Dignity in Europe With2Tables Editors PaoloBecchi KlausMathis FacultyofLaw FacultyofLaw UniversityofGenoa UniversityofLucerne Genoa,Italy Lucerne,Switzerland ISBN978-3-319-28081-3 ISBN978-3-319-28082-0(eBook) ISBN978-3-319-28083-7(printandelectronicbundle) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28082-0 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2019932839 ©SpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG2019 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpartofthe materialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrations,recitation, broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherphysicalway,andtransmissionorinformation storageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodology nowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbytheregisteredcompanySpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Preface Human dignity can lay claim to a long tradition as a religious and philosophical concept,butonlyinrecenttimeshasittakenshapeasalegalconcept.Thearrivalof dignitasininternationallawwasincitedbytheatrocitiesoftheSecondWorldWar.It wasinresponsetothesethattheUnitedNations,in1948,proclaimedtheUniversal DeclarationofHumanRights,whichstatesinitsfirstArticlethat“allhumanbeings arebornfreeandequalindignityandrights”.In1949,theconceptwasanchoredon thenationallevelforthefirsttimeinArticle1Section1oftheGermanBasicLaw and, as that examplewas followed, graduallygained prevalence inother European countries. Muchhasalreadybeenwrittenabouthumandignity,butwhathasbeenmissing untilnowisasystematicworkwhichsetsouttoanalysethisconceptinthelawofthe individualcountriesofEurope.Thepresentvolumeattemptstofillthisgapbytaking a detailed look at each country’s constitution, legislation and jurisprudence. In addition, it also examines the significance of human dignity in the law of the European Union and in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The chapters are preceded by an extensive introduction which brings to the fore the essentialaspectsofhumandignity. We are grateful to all those who played a part in the realization of this volume. First and foremost we thank the authors for contributing their chapters. Special thanks are also due to Mike Bacher, Steven Gründel, Lynn Gummow, Gareth Hunt, Niels Röthlin, Roman Schmid and Julia Wetzel for the copy-editing and formatting of the texts. Finally, we would like to express our gratitude to Daniela Heller, Kate Emery and Rebecca Urban of Springer publishing house for their supportduringthepublicationprocess. GenoaandLucerne PaoloBecchi 2019 KlausMathis v Contents HumanDignityinEurope:Introduction ........................ 1 PaoloBecchi HumanDignityinAlbania ................................... 37 ArtaVorpsi HumanDignityinAndorra .................................. 63 PaoloBecchi HumanDignityinAustria ................................... 71 AnnaGamper HumanDignityinBelgium ................................... 93 KoenLemmens HumanDignityinBosniaandHerzegovina ...................... 113 DamirBanović HumanDignityinBulgaria .................................. 129 MartinBelov HumanDignityinCroatia ................................... 151 BiljanaKostadinov HumanDignityinCyprus ................................... 173 CharisPapacharalambous HumanDignityintheCzechRepublic .......................... 197 JaroslavBenák,LadislavVyhnánek,andDavidZahumenský HumanDignityinDenmark .................................. 211 AntoniAbatNinet HumanDignityinEstonia ................................... 229 TanelKerikmäeandKristiJoamets HumanDignityinFinland ................................... 245 TuomasOjanen vii viii Contents HumanDignityinFrance .................................... 259 RégisLanneau HumanDignityinGermany .................................. 281 ChristophEnders HumanDignityinGreatBritainandNorthernIreland ............ 319 DanielBedford HumanDignityinGreece .................................... 363 IoannisA.Tassopoulos HumanDignityinHungary .................................. 393 GergelyDeliandIstvánKukorelli HumanDignityinIceland ................................... 415 RagnhildurHelgadóttir HumanDignityinIreland ................................... 431 ElaineDewhurst HumanDignityinItaly ...................................... 453 PaoloBecchi HumanDignityinKosovo ................................... 471 QerimQerimiandIlirDugolli HumanDignityinLatvia .................................... 479 DitaPlepaandJānisPleps HumanDignityinLiechtenstein ............................... 505 CyrusBeck HumanDignityinLithuania ................................. 525 DarijusBeinoravičiusandMildaVainiute_ HumanDignityinLuxembourg ............................... 539 JörgGerkrathandMariaPichou HumanDignityinMalta .................................... 573 DavidEdwardZammitandMaryMuscat HumanDignityinMonaco ................................... 605 RégisLanneau HumanDignityinMontenegro ................................ 617 DuškaFraneta HumanDignityintheNetherlands ............................. 643 Jan-PeterLoof HumanDignityinNorthMacedonia ........................... 667 RenataTreneska-Deskoska Contents ix HumanDignityinNorway ................................... 683 DinaLupinTownsend HumanDignityinPoland .................................... 697 MartaSoniewickaandJustynaHolocher HumanDignityinPortugal .................................. 719 JoãoCarlosLoureiro HumanDignityinRomania .................................. 745 MariaLiaPop HumanDignityinSanMarino ................................ 771 TaniaCucè HumanDignityinSerbia .................................... 779 DuškaFraneta HumanDignityinSlovakia .................................. 799 Tomᚼalík HumanDignityinSlovenia ................................... 817 SebastianNerad HumanDignityinSpain ..................................... 851 AlbertoOehling HumanDignityinSweden ................................... 869 MonaHaghgouStrindberg HumanDignityinSwitzerland ................................ 883 KlausMathisandBalzHammer HumanDignityintheVaticanCity ............................ 933 VincenzoPacilloandEmiliaLazzarini HumanDignityintheEU .................................... 943 SebastianHeselhaus HumanDignityandtheEuropeanConventiononHumanRights .... 969 SebastianHeselhausandRalphHemsley Index .................................................... 993 About the Editors Paolo Becchi isfull professorofPhilosophy ofLawat theUniversityofGenoa(Italy),whereheteachesPrac- ticalPhilosophyandBiolaw.Forseveralyearshetaught PhilosophyofLawandPoliticalPhilosophyattheUni- versity of Lucerne (Switzerland). He was awarded an honorary degree (Doctor honoris causa in Law) by the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest. His particular fields of expertise are Philosophy of Law, History of Law,PoliticalPhilosophy,andBioethics. Klaus Mathis is full professor of Public Law, Law of theSustainableEconomy,andPhilosophyofLawatthe University of Lucerne. He is the co-founder of the Center for Law and Sustainability (CLS) and Director oftheInstituteforResearchintheFundamentsofLaw– lucernaiuris. His particular fields of expertise are Con- stitutional Law, Law and Economics, Law of Sustain- ableDevelopment,andPhilosophyofLaw. xi Contributors Damir Banović Department for State and International Public Law, University of Sarajevo(LawFaculty),Sarajevo,CantonSarajevo,BosniaandHerzegovina PaoloBecchi FacultyofLaw,UniversityofGenoa,Genoa,Italy CyrusBeck Triesenberg,Liechtenstein DanielBedford UniversityofPortsmouth,Portsmouth,UK Darijus Beinoravičius Faculty of Law, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania Martin Belov Faculty of Law, University of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria JaroslavBenák DepartmentofConstitutionalLawandPoliticalScience/Facultyof Law,MasarykUniversity,Brno,CzechRepublic TaniaCucè UniversityofLucerne,Lucerne,Switzerland GergelyDeli SzéchenyiIstvánUniversity,Győr,Hungary ElaineDewhurst SchoolofLaw,UniversityofManchester,Manchester,UK IlirDugolli EmbassyoftheRepublicofKosovoinStockholm,Stockholm,Sweden ChristophEnders FacultyofLaw,LeipzigUniversity,Leipzig,Germany Duška Franeta Faculty of Law and Business Studies Dr Lazar Vrkatić, Union University,NoviSad,Serbia Anna Gamper Institut für Öffentliches Recht, Staats- und Verwaltungslehre, UniversitätInnsbruck,Innsbruck,Austria Jörg Gerkrath Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxem- bourg,Luxembourg,Luxembourg MonaHaghgouStrindberg PrioAdvokatbyrå,Stockholm,Sweden xiii
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