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BOUYID v. BELGIUM JUDGMENT
respect for the dignity of the human person”, and the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of
21 December 1965 (ratified by Belgium), the Preamble to which refers to
that Declaration;
(b) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of
16 December 1966 (both ratified by Belgium), the Preamble to which states
that the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family
“derive from the inherent dignity of the human person”. Furthermore,
Article 10 of the former provides that “all persons deprived of their liberty
shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of
the human person”, and Article 13 of the latter states that the “States Parties
... recognize the right of everyone to education ... [and] agree that education
shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and the
sense of its dignity, and shall strengthen the respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms ...”;
(c) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women of 18 December 1979 (ratified by Belgium), the Preamble
to which emphasises in particular that discrimination against women
“violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity”;
(d) the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 10 December 1984 (ratified by
Belgium), the Preamble to which points out that the “equal and inalienable
rights of all members of the human family ... derive from the inherent
dignity of the human person”;
(e) the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989
(ratified by Belgium), the Preamble to which states that “the child should be
fully prepared to live an individual life in society, and brought up in the
spirit of the ideals proclaimed in the UN Charter, and in particular in the
spirit of peace, dignity, tolerance, freedom, equality and solidarity” (see also
Articles 23 § 1, 28 § 2, 37, 39 and 40 § 1);
(f) the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearance (Articles 19 § 2 and 24 § 5 (c)) (ratified by
Belgium);
(g) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (ratified by
Belgium), the Preamble to which states that “discrimination against any
person on the basis of disability is a violation of the inherent dignity and
worth of the human person”, and the aims of which include promoting
respect for the “inherent dignity” of persons with disabilities (Article 1), this
being also one of its general principles (Article 3 (a)) (see also
Articles 8 (a), 16 § 4, 24 § 1 and 25);
(h) the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights on the abolition of the death penalty of 15 December
1989 (ratified by Belgium), the Preamble to which expresses the conviction