specifically whether security institutions treat persons equally or differently when they apply the law. 2.2 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS “All are equal before the law” is enshrined and given a prominent place in all fundamental international legal documents. Article I and 6 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone shall be recognized as a person before the law . Article 7 specifies that: All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and any incitement to such discrimination. ( Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948) . This notion clearly stated in UDHR extends to Protocol no. 12 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, known as the European Convention on Human Rights, signed in Rome, in 2000. This protocol refers to the fundamental principle according to which all persons are equal before the law, after putting forward the notion of non-discrimination based on sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinions, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status, clearly states that: “No one shall be discriminated against by any public authority on any ground such as those mentioned in paragraph 1”( European Convention on Human Rights 1950). The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights links the principle of equality before the law with the closely related principle of non-discrimination. 4F 2 Based on these principles, the signatory countries of these documents must respect a set of well-defined rules for the equal treatment of citizens, especially by law enforcement 2 Article 20 –“Equality before the law Everyone is equal before the law”. Article 21- Non-discrimination:“Any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation shall be prohibited.”(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 2012). 8