{"id":1515,"date":"2014-02-04T13:19:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T11:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/?page_id=1515"},"modified":"2024-12-10T10:07:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T09:07:44","slug":"core-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/council-of-europe\/core-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class='content-column two_third'>The <strong><em><a title=\"Council of Europe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/council-of-europe\/\">Council of Europe<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and all its instruments protect and promote three core values:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><a title=\"Human Rights\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/council-of-europe\/core-values\/human-rights\/\">Human Rights<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Democracy<\/li>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/council-of-europe\/core-values\/rule-of-law\/\" title=\"The Rule of Law\">Rule of Law<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><div class='content-column one_third last_column'><div style=\"padding-left:15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Core-Values-Wordsalad-300x212.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Core-Values-Wordsalad-300x212.png\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Human Rights<\/h3>\n<p><div class='content-column two_third'><strong><em><a title=\"Human Rights\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/council-of-europe\/core-values\/human-rights\/\">Human Rights<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, as they are put down in the <strong><em><a title=\"European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/convention-on-human-rights\/\">European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, cover basic rights and freedoms like the right to life; the right to liberty and security; the right to a fair trial; the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion or the right to freedom of expression. They also ban certain things like; torture; discrimination; slavery and forced labour or punishment without law.<\/div><div class='content-column one_third last_column'><div style=\"padding-left:15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/3-Human-Rights.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/3-Human-Rights.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Democracy<\/h3>\n<p><div class='content-column two_third'>A democracy is &#8211; among other things, based on free and fair elections, a pluralistic media environment and a parliament, which holds the actual power and is made up by different political parties.<\/div><div class='content-column one_third last_column'><div style=\"padding-left:15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1-Democracy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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