“The human person shall be inviolable. Human dignity shall be protected by law. It shall be prohibited to torture or injure a human being, degrade his dignity, subject him to cruel treatment, or to establish such punishments. No one may be subjected to scientific or medical experimentation without his knowledge and free consent.”
This article declares the human person inviolable and places human dignity under the protection of law. Torture, injury, degrading or cruel treatment and such punishments are prohibited, and scientific or medical experiments require the person's knowledge and free consent.
A hospital cannot enrol a patient in a drug trial without telling them; informed and free consent is required. Likewise, evidence obtained by torture has no force in court.
Remember three things: dignity is protected by law, torture and cruel punishments are prohibited, and experiments are allowed only with knowledge and free consent. Questions often test the consent condition specifically.
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