Law is a governing phi|050phy that holds everyone, including the State, accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced, and independently decided upon while also being compliant with international human rights norms and standards. The values of the supremacy of the law, equality before the law, accountability to the law, justice in the application of the law, the separation of powers, involvement in decision-making, legal clarity, avoiding arbitrary behavior, and procedural and legal tranSparency must all be upheld