85 the balance between founders of these societies and the administration powers, naming the judiciary as the competent authority vested in separating between the two sides. The Libyan legislator issued the Civil Societies Law no 19/2001 which granted citizens the right to establish civil societies, conferring jurisdiction to issue licenses for creation of these societies on one of the following three entities namely the Secretariat of the People's General Conference, the People's General Committee and the Research National Authority. Purposes of these societies diversified covering nearly all aspects of life such as human rights, youth, women and child care, attention to people with special needs, the physically disabled and psychiatric patients as well as interest in developing treatment for patients of chronic diseases, like societies for combating cancer, prevention against radiation, renal failure, renal transplantation, intensive care and others. This enumeration does not normally involve trade unions, syndicates and vocational associations because these institutions, though by the book, are considered as civil and attend to the professional interests of their candidate members; they still constitute part of the political fabric of the Libyan society. Second: Judicial Protection Under this item, we will first present basic principles governing the Libyan Judicial System and second will review Libyan judicial efforts in protecting human rights: