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Principle

Equal dignity

Every person has equal dignity. Individual differences should be considered without turning them into discrimination or automatic classifications.

The proposal

People have equal dignity and must be assessed as individuals, with reasonable accommodations and safeguards against discrimination and automated risk classification.

How to read it

Sources identify relevant rights, methods, findings or precedents. They do not automatically establish the full World4Humans formulation. Where the project makes its own choice, that choice remains open to criticism and revision.

Sources and literature

Authority
Existing rights or treaty sources, plus a World4Humans project choice or operationalization.
Relationship
Established standards, methods or components exist; the wider World4Humans formulation is not established by them alone.

Cited publications

  • United Nations, 1948

    United Nations, 1948. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. United Nations General Assembly. https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights/

  • United Nations, 1966a

    United Nations, 1966a. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. United Nations. https://2covenants.ohchr.org/About-ICCPR.html

  • United Nations, 1966b

    United Nations, 1966b. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. United Nations. https://2covenants.ohchr.org/About-ICESCR.html

  • United Nations, 2006

    United Nations, 2006. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. United Nations. https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-html

  • CESCR, 2009

    CESCR, 2009. CESCR General Comment No. 20: Non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&SymbolNo=E%2FC.12%2FGC%2F20

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