ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the conditions for the effective protection and embodiment of the individual’s freedom in the modern state. It identifies and explores elements, institutions of social life and their interrelationships which can be treated as a guarantee of individual’s freedom in different dimensions of public life in line with the Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG16) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. SDG16 calls to promote peaceful and inclusive societies, provides access to justice for all, and builds effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. Catholic social teaching clearly indicates that all people are equal and free. As a result, every human person has the natural right to be recognised as a free and responsible being. Christian culture laid the foundation for modern democracies.
