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committed to the African Charter that stipulated in Article 10
that:
1-Each person has the right to freely institute societies with
others provided that abidance by provisions cited in the Law is
observed.
2- No person is obliged to join any of these societies provided
that this is not in conflict with the commitment to the solidarity
principle set forth in the Charter.
The Right to Establish Federations, Syndicates and
Vocational Associations
Syndicate organization in Libya was initiated in the wake of the
5th decade of last century by establishing federations when
economic activity, though limited, was dominated by the Fascist
Italian colonial minority. To face challenges of this period, large
segments of Libyan workers had struggled for the institution of
syndicates to protect and defend their rights. Some laws were
issued to the effect of permitting the establishment of
syndicates, including for example Law no (1) for 1962 whereby
the Bar Association was founded. After the launch of the Great
Fateh Revolution, all unfair rules crippling the freedom of the
people were dropped, the worker became partner in
administration and production processes through restructuring
work relations and establishing professional, productive and
craft syndicates and congresses grouping members of the one
profession or craft. Codes on the institution of syndicates were
subsequent, where Laws no. (111) / 1971 on the establishment
of the Engineering Profession Syndicate, no. (48)/1971 on
Teachers' Syndicate and no. (107)/1975 on Federations were
issued respectively. The Federations Law cited in Article 1 that:
"Workers operating in one profession or industry or like
professions or industries or related to each other or sharing the
same production shall be entitled to institute together a public
syndicate at the level of the Great Jamhirya. These syndicates,