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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/3b0ac1ada54b50fa https://verfassungsblog.de/a-hierarchy-of-harms/ A Hierarchy of Harms - Individual Dignity beyond Majoritarian Perception Plucis, Meret eng 2026-06-11 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Article 2 TEU C-769/22 EU Valeurs de l’Union manifestness EU Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The specific result in Valeurs de l’Union is correct. An obviously discriminatory law which equates LGBTI+ persons with pedophilia violates EU law. However, the conceptual framework to reach that result is troubling. By limiting Article 2 TEU to “manifest and particularly serious” breaches of the values of human dignity, equality, and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, the Court does not merely constrain the provision’s reach but encodes a majoritarian, visibility-based standard of human rights that departs from the focus on individual dignity.