But, quite significantly, these matters were debated in a context that permitted, and even encouraged, their accommodation. Liberal and conservative Kuwaiti activists regularly give credit to these institutions. Kuwait has in place a framework of laws and institutions that much of the developing world would find enviable. Furthermore, Kuwait abolished its state security court in 1994. These institutions and laws augur well for the future of liberty.
Transparency denotes free access to governmental political and economic activities and decisions.
Accountability entails a state being held responsible, by both its people and its elected bodies, for its choices and actions. And the concept of equality incorporates citizens being treated equally under the law, as well as some degree of equal political participation among them in their own governance. Calls for transparency, accountability, and equality have emerged in the Arab world, with citizens summoning their governments to reveal their incomes and expenditures, as well as strategies and ambitions. Among the instruments of promoting greater degrees of transparency and accountability are a free media and either a parliament or a consultative assembly. The methods established for obtaining equality include insistence on the rule of law and a vote for each and every citizen, including women.