12
humans and forbids carrying out scientific experiments on the
living human body unless done on voluntary grounds."
In this respect, the Libyan Penal Code provides for guarantees
ensuring human right to physical and moral integrity. Beating is
incriminated and deemed punishable. This is applicable to
simple and gross abuse, insult and verbal abuse, cruel and
inhuman treatment. This also has relevance to prisoners whose
torture or offence shall be incriminated by the Law (Article
385/penalties). This legal status is perfectly in commensurate
with the International Law on Human Rights, with particular
emphasis on the African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights
regarding which we are in the process of reporting on measures
and procedures pursued by the Great Jamhiyria for the
realization of rights articulated in it.
Third: Right to Freedom
International declarations on human rights stipulate that every
individual has the right to freedom, and ban bondage or slavery
of any person. The Libyan people subsequently confirmed the
citizen's right to freedom guided by Omar Bin Khatab when he
was quoted as saying: "When did you enslave people while they
were born free?" Article 2 of the Green Charter concedes "that
sons of the Jamihirya society hold sacred human freedom and
prohibit its restriction." Articles in the Green Human Rights
Charter provide for the citizen's freedom to movement and
residence as well as to institution of unions, syndicates and
associations in protection of professional interests. Furthermore,
every human is entitled to private performances and personal
relations, which no one has the right to interfere with unless
involving an affair that is harmful to the community or in
contravention with its values.
Given the fact that while power-freedom conflict forges as one
of the most intractable problems facing humanity, the power-ofthe-people regime has made a breakthrough in this concern by