THE INFLUENCE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN DIGNITY IN EUROPEAN LAW
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Human dignity has been a central legal concept since the adoption of UDHR. Legal discourse distinguishes
three legal concepts of human dignity: human dignity as a source of human rights, the right to
human dignity, and the principle of human dignity. More recently, recognising the negative consequences of
new technologies on future generations and human society, the Council of Europe and UNESCO make several
references to the human dignity of human beings. These references raise the question of how new technologies
influence the legal concepts of human dignity which have always been used to protect individuals who are
already born.
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