Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Law - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, Sigmund Freud University Vienna (Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät), course: Human Rights, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the character of human dignity. It is a controversial topic whether human dignity presents a superior fundamental principle or an enforceable human right. In a first step it shall be tried to investigate, what human dignity is in general. Then we want to present the principle of human dignity in different states of Europe, exemplary Germany, Austria and to come finally to a conclusion.