"On 14 February 1878, a Belgian vessel, in route from Ostend to Dover, ran into a storm and, as it approached Dover Bay, collided with the British steam-tug Daring. The ship, fittingly called Parlement Belge, was owned by the King of the Belgians, and it carried, in addition to mail, also passengers, merchandise and the King's royal pennon"--

Ginevra Le Moli is Assistant Professor of International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University, and a Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance (C-EENRG), University of Cambridge.

Introduction: 1. Analytical framework; 2. Two circles of dignity; 3. Three constitutive stages; 4. Human dignity in international humanitarian law; 5. Human dignity in human rights law; 6. Human dignity in international criminal law; 7. Bridging narratives: Human dignity and the transformation of international law.