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Dieter  Egert

    Dieter Egert

    The Human Rights Committee published in its Advanced Draft of the planned General Comment on the Right to Life (article 6 ICCPR) in paragraph 9 some claims regarding abortion, by declaring a general duty of all States to provide safe... more
    The Human Rights Committee published in its Advanced Draft of the planned General Comment on the Right to Life (article 6 ICCPR) in paragraph 9 some claims regarding abortion, by declaring a general duty of all States to provide safe access to abortion, with no limits. This paper explains the application of human rights on humans before birth, in regard to the right to life, human dignity, equal rights, prohibition of discrimination, death penalty, slavery and torture according to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
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    This paper was a written Contribution on General Comment for the Right to Life to United Nations Committee for Human Rights with special regard on abortion. In general it is inadmissible to solve social problems by killing innocent... more
    This paper was a written Contribution on General Comment for the Right to Life to United Nations Committee for Human Rights with special regard on abortion. In general it is inadmissible to solve social problems by killing innocent humans. If any difficult circumstances of a mother do not allow her to kill her toddler, then the same child may not be killed before its birth as well, by the same reasons. Therefore any legalization of abortion presumes that an unborn is not accepted as a human being in its full sense. After a discussion of different approaches to recognize humans I recommend 3 criteria, as these are together necessary and sufficient for that. All humans and only on humans are confirmed by 1) they live at least in a biological sense, 2) they come from humans and will evolve typically human, according to their hereditary and DNA, 3) they are characteristically different from all other people, in particular in the genetic information. These above 3 characteristics are present since conception. Starting with that date everyone is a complete and wholesome human being, because nothing else lacks. Furthermore human dignity can't grow and can't shrink, as it is independent on all properties or abilities. The meaning of human dignity is investigated as a mainly needed precondition for all Human Rights. As all humans starting with their conception up to their dead may claim their dignity to be inviolable, they may claim furthermore Equal Rights. This means a protection of their life in an equal way without any discrimination, by the same laws, due to the same reasons and with equal consequences on any violation. Finally the protection by law is discussed. A basic result is, that any Human Right that can be violated without any penalty is none. The penalty on any violation of the Rights to Life shall be independent of the person of the victim. Any dependence between the degree of protection and the victims person is a serious discrimination.