104 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,

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