Human dignity and social rights

Abstract

This article analyzes the legal concept of human dignity, starting from its moral, ethical notion. Dignity is the source and origin of all human rights, it is a special quality that corresponds to each person and therefore it must always be linked to the principles of justice and equality. Human dignity is the requirement that makes civil and political rights as well as property rights human rights. The legal support of human dignity must be the priority of a social and democratic State, which must make effective the coverage of a vital minimum, the inviolable core of social rights. Citizens must improve their living conditions, achieve human dignity, through the activity of the Administration, since that activity is what constitutionally justifies it.

Keywords

• dignidad humana
• derechos sociales
• derechos humanos
• estado social
• mínimo vital
• prohibición de regresividad
• principio de igualdad