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Hilgendorf, E., Kremnitzer, M. (Eds.) (2018). Human Dignity and Criminal Law. Würzburg Conference on Human Dignity, Human Rights and Criminal Law in Israel and Germany, July 20–22, 2015. Duncker & Humblot. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-55365-5
Hilgendorf, Eric and Kremnitzer, Mordechai. Human Dignity and Criminal Law: Würzburg Conference on Human Dignity, Human Rights and Criminal Law in Israel and Germany, July 20–22, 2015. Duncker & Humblot, 2018. Book. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-55365-5
Hilgendorf, E, Kremnitzer, M (eds.) (2018): Human Dignity and Criminal Law: Würzburg Conference on Human Dignity, Human Rights and Criminal Law in Israel and Germany, July 20–22, 2015, Duncker & Humblot, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-55365-5

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Human Dignity and Criminal Law

Würzburg Conference on Human Dignity, Human Rights and Criminal Law in Israel and Germany, July 20–22, 2015

Editors: Hilgendorf, Eric | Kremnitzer, Mordechai

Schriften zum Strafrechtsvergleich, Vol. 4

(2018)

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Mordechai Kremnitzer wurde in Fürth (Deutschland) geboren, studierte Rechtswissenschaften an der Hebrew Universität in Jerusalem und promovierte im Jahr 1981. In den Jahren 1970–1977 diente er in den israelischen Streitkräften, u.a. als stellvertretender Leiter der Staatsanwaltschaft und Militärrichter. Professor Kremnitzer ist emeritierter Professor der Juristischen Fakultät der Hebrew Universität Jerusalem, ehemaliger Dekan der Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaften und Direktor des israelischen Presserates. Er diente in mehreren Regierungsausschüssen, darunter dem Ausschuss zur Untersuchung von Gewaltanwendung durch die Polizei, dem Gremium für politische Bildung in Israel, dem Gremium zur Frage der Strafbarkeit im öffentlichen Dienst, dem Untersuchungsausschuss zur Frage der Verurteilung auf Grundlage von Geständnissen und Wiederaufnahmeverfahren sowie der Kommission zur Überprüfung der Strafrechtspolitik und der Behandlung von Strafgefangenen. Prof. Kremnitzer ist stellvertretender Präsident des »Israel Democratic Institute«.

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Konzepte wie »Menschenwürde« und »Menschenrechte« sind zentrale Pfeiler eines demokratischen Rechtsstaats. Dem Schutz vor Beeinträchtigungen dieser Rechte dient nicht zuletzt das Strafrecht. Der Sammelband befasst sich mit grundlegenden Rechtsfragen im Zusammenhang von Menschenrechten und individueller Menschenwürde mit besonderem Augenmerk auf das Strafrecht und Strafvollzugsrecht. Experten und Juristen aus Deutschland und Israel analysieren Bedeutung und Reichweite dieser Konzepte aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln. Der in englischer Sprache abgefasste Band ist das Ergebnis einer deutsch-israelischen Tagung aus dem Sommer 2015.This anthology examines the fundamental legal issues of human rights and human dignity within the context of a comparison of German and Israeli (criminal) law. The scope and importance of human dignity and human rights in the legal systems of both countries are explored and their influence on the criminal legal policies of the respective countries is detailed.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Foreword 5
Inhaltsverzeichnis 9
Josef Schuster: Welcoming Address 11
Izhak Englard: Law and Human Dignity 15
Basic Principles 21
Purpose 22
Preservation of Life, Body and Dignity 22
Protection of Property 22
Protection of Life, Body and Dignity 22
Personal Liberty 22
Leaving and Entering Israel 22
Privacy 22
Violation of Rights 22
Reservation Regarding Security Forces 22
Validity of Laws 23
Application 23
Stability 23
Yoram Danziger: Freedom of Political Expression, the Right to Equality and Political Boycotts in Israel 27
I. Introduction 27
II. The Role of a Constitutional Court in a Democracy 29
III. The Historical Background 30
IV. The Israeli Boycott Law 32
V. The Israeli Supreme Court Decision in Respect of the Boycott Law 34
Eric Hilgendorf: The Abuse of Human Dignity – Difficulties in Using the Human Dignity Topos Taking the Bio-Ethics Debate as an Example 39
I. Introduction 39
II. Human Dignity of the Individual vs View of the Nature of Mankind 41
III. The Prohibition of the Instrumentalization of Human Beings and Its Shortcomings 43
1. Vagueness of the Concept Itself 44
2. Human Dignity and “Instrumentalization” 45
3. The Object Formula Definition as a ˋPasse-partout' 48
4. Human Dignity and the Intrinsic Value of Man 49
IV. The Ensemble Theory of Human Dignity 50
1. Human Dignity as a Collection of Subjective Rights 50
2. Consequences and Implications of the Ensemble Theory 52
3. The Ensemble Theory and Genetic Engineering 54
V. Bearers of Human Dignity 55
VI. Human Dignity and the Postulate of Value Freedom 58
VII. Conclusion 59
Barak Medina: The Israeli Supreme Court's Jurisprudence on the Right to Equal Treatment: Competing Views About the Role of Judicial Review 61
I. Introduction 61
II. Constitutional Law and the Political Process 64
III. Expanding the Antidiscrimination Doctrine in Israel 68
IV. Socio-political Explanation of the Doctrinal Shift 73
V. Regulating Institutional and Procedural Matters Through Human Rights Law 74
Stefanie Schmahl: Human Dignity in International Human Rights, Humanitarian and International Criminal Law: A Comparative Approach 79
I. Introduction 79
II. Human Dignity in International Human Rights Law 80
1. The Emergence of International Human Rights Protection 80
2. Human Dignity as an Absolute Right and as a Peremptory Norm of International Human Rights Law 82
3. Preeminence of Human Dignity Within the Human Rights Arena 87
4. Accountability for Violations of Human Dignity in Human Rights Law 89
III. Human Dignity in International Humanitarian Law 90
1. The Definition and Scope of International Humanitarian Law 90
2. Collection of Norms Protecting Human Dignity in Armed Conflicts 91
3. Accountability for Violations of Human Dignity in International Humanitarian Law 92
IV. Increasing Interplay of the Approaches to Human Dignity in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 93
1. Transformation of the Shape of Today's Armed Conflicts 93
2. The Substantial and Growing Impact of Human Rights Protection in Armed Conflicts 94
3. New Trends of Accountability in Armed Conflicts 97
V. Human Dignity in International Criminal Law 101
VI. Conclusion 105
Kyrill-A. Schwarz: Human Dignity and Freedom of Religion 107
I. Introduction 107
II. Human Dignity and Basic Rights 108
1. The Content of Human Dignity in the Basic Rights 108
2. The Deduction of Basic Rights from Human Dignity 110
III. Freedom of Religion as Concretised Human Dignity? 110
IV. The Consequences of the Freedom of Religion as a Concrete Expression of Human Dignity 112
V. Conclusion 115
Mordechai Kremnitzer and Lina Saba-Habesch: Human Dignity and the Right to Due Process 117
I. Human Dignity in Israeli Law and Due Process 117
II. Balancing as the Solution for Clashes Between the Right to Due Process and Other Public Interests 118
1. How Should Due Process Rights be Protected? 118
2. Intensified Biases 119
3. Additional Considerations Regarding the Need for Special Protection of Due Process 121
III. The Slippery Slope Syndrome 122
IV. The Right of the Accused to “Self-Defense” in Criminal Proceedings 123
1. The Ability to Defend Oneself as a Basic Core of Due Process 123
2. The Inability to Defend Oneself as a Humiliation and Injury to Human Dignity 124
V. Due Process in International Law 126
VI. The Right of the Suspect to Know the Allegations Against Him 128
1. Administrative Detention in Israel 130
2. Models for Dealing with Secret Evidence and Their Effect on the “Gist” 131
VII. The Suspects Presence at Hearings 133
1. Detainee Presence in Court in Israel 133
2. The Ticking Bomb Scenario 136
VIII. Conclusion 138
Frank Peter Schuster: Human Dignity, Human Rights and Criminal Procedure – The German Perspective 139
I. Introduction 139
II. Mechanisms for Human Rights Protection in Criminal Procedure 140
1. National Level 140
2. Supranational Level 141
a) The European Convention on Human Rights 141
b) Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 142
3. Intermediate Result 143
III. Human Dignity in Criminal Procedure 144
1. The Right Against Compulsory Self-Incrimination 144
a) The Right to Silence and Prohibited Methods of Examination 146
b) The Question of Negative Inferences from the Accused's Silence 147
c) Indirect Self-Incrimination 149
2. The Right Against Nonverbal Self-Incrimination 151
3. Confidentiality of Data and Private Conversations 152
a) Search and Confiscation of Private Diaries 152
b) Interception of Telecommunications and Other Forms of Speech 153
IV. Summary and Conclusions 154
Miriam Gur-Arye: Human Dignity, Human Rights and the Criminal Law – The Israeli Perspective 157
I. Introduction 157
II. Does Every Criminal Law Prohibition Necessarily Restrict Human Rights? 158
III. Criminal Law Provision that Deviates from the Principle of Culpability 162
IV. Private Possession of Child Pornography 165
V. Concluding Remarks 169
Susanne Beck: Human Dignity, Human Rights and Criminal Law – The German Perspective 171
I. Introduction 171
II. The German Perspective 172
III. Human Dignity and Human Rights/Basic Rights 175
IV. Criminal Law – Realisation of Human Dignity and Basic Rights 178
1. The Offender's Dignity and Basic Rights 178
a) Human Dignity of the Offender 178
b) Basic Rights of the Offender 184
2. The Victim's Dignity and Basic Rights 186
3. Society – Dignity of Humanity and the Foundations of Basic Rights 189
V. Conclusion 190
Rachela Er'el and Doron Shultziner: Human Dignity and the Prison System 191
I. Introduction 191
II. Human Dignity and the Prison System in International Law 195
III. What is Human Dignity in the Context of Prisons? 198
IV. The Legal Status of Prisoners' Rights in Israel 200
V. The Prison Authorities Regulations: Rules, Practices and Human Dignity 204
VI. Prisoners as Helpless People and the Right to Rehabilitation 212
VII. Prisoners' Rights in Germany 214
VIII. Conclusion 218
List of Authors 221