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CERQUEIRA, Monique Borba; KEINERT, Tania Margarete Mezzomo; KEINERT, Ruben Cesar  e  ANTUNES, José Paulo. Reports on daily life of the poor and the constitutional principle of human dignity. BIS, Bol. Inst. Saúde (Impr.) [online]. 2010, vol.12, n.3, pp. 254-259. ISSN 1518-1812.

The paper demonstrates the magnitude of the constitutional statement of the dignity of the human person subscribed to the Federal Constitution of 1988 as a fundamental principle. Next, it brings reports on quality of life of residents of Vila Esperança, in the municipality of Cubatão (SP), from an ethnographic approach, descriptive and photographic documentation. We could conclude that the Brazilian legal system is organized hierarchically, so the Principle of Human Dignity cannot be disregard. The vital guarantee of a minimum vital floor is essential for poor people to expand the possibilities for the full exercise of human dignity.

Palavras-chave : Poor; poverty; basic human rights.