repressing and punishing human trafficking, in particular that of women and children (ratified by Tunisia on the 25th March 2003). 564. Within the context of regional organizations, Tunisia acceded to the following Conventions: – The Arab Convention on the repression of terrorism, signed in Cairo on the 22nd April 1998 (ratified by Tunisia on the 15th February 1999); – The OAU Convention for the prevention and the combat against terrorism, adopted in Algiers on the 14th July 1999 (ratified by Tunisia on the 1st August 2001); – The Convention of the Organization of the Islamic Conference on the combat against international terrorism (signed by Tunisia on the 6th November 2000). 565. Tunisian Penal Law has established the terrorist acts violating the security of individuals, groups or property, as serious offences punishable by serious penalties. Since the United Nations adopted, in 2001, the Resolution n° 1373 on the combat against terrorism the Tunisian Republic has associated itself with the combat aganst this phenomenon by supporting the efforts of the international community in this combat. In this context, Tunisia promulgated, on the 10th December 2003, the law n° 2003-75 on the support of the international efforts on the combat against terrorism and money laundering. In effect, Tunisia had, by virtue of this law, transposed into domestic law the provisions of the relevant international conventions in the combat against terrorism as well as the Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and those of the General Assembly in this regard. The objective of the law n° 2003-75 of the 10th December 2003 consists, according to its Article 1, in contributing « to the support for the international effort in the combat against all forms of terrorism, to deal with the related sources of funding ». ARTICLE 24 The Right to a satisfactory environment favourable to development 566. Article 24 of the Charter stipulates that « all peoples shall have the right to a general satisfactory environment favourable to their development ». 567. The right to a healthy environment is one of the fundamental rights that Tunisia guarantees its citizens. In effect, the Tunisian State pays special attention to the improvement of the living environment of the citizen and to the protection of the environment, in order to guarantee the well-being of current and future generations. 568. The guarantee of the fundamental rights of the Human Being through the gradual integration of environmental concerns and actions within the development activities both at the sectoral and territorial levels on the one hand, and the achievement, through adequate means, of a more equitable distribution of the fruits of economic growth on the other, constitute a constant objective of all the sectoral and regional strategies of economic and social development. 118