Yogyakarta Declaration on Human Dignity

Human dignity is the most precious human rights from which all other fundamental rights are derived. Human dignity has descriptive meanings pertaining to self-respect and human worth. Moral, ethical, legal, and political discussions use the concept of dignity to express the idea that all human being has an innate right to be valued, respected, and to receive ethical treatment. Human dignity is an essential part of every human being and is an intrinsic quality that can never be separated from other essential aspects of the human person. It is an inherent and inalienable identity of humanity.