It is also important to note that the CoE is, contrary to reports, a democratic organisation where major changes have to be voted in by its committee of ministers and/or parliamentary assembly.
The upshot to this argument is that, contrary to a long-held assumption, no democratic state has the right to unilaterally control its own borders, but must either allow freedom of movement or, at the very least, give voice to prospective immigrants when formulating border policy.
But not exclusively, contrary to a common assumption.
Contrary to a common belief, labyrinths are not mazes.
Contrary to popular misunderstandings, Democratic Socialism neither seeks to repudiate the profit motive nor to abolish markets.
The rapid growth of gated communities around the world is contrary to the democratic and open city and belongs instead to a dystopian future of mass surveillance and profound unhappiness, the UN's housing chief has warned.
Contrary to the Democratic version of history, America did not enjoy untrammelled influence abroad before he arrived.
This may force investigative journalists to reveal their sources in order to ensure national security, public order or to reveal the perpetrators of criminal acts, which is contrary to normal democratic thinking.
Whatever Mr Bush might hint to pro-life groups, his political strategist, Karl Rove, would be more likely to walk naked around the Capitol than engineer a Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v Wade, the main abortion ruling.Moreover, contrary to most Democratic propaganda, conservative lawyers are divided over abortion.
