19 Seventh: Right to Equality Right to equality is one of the basic civil human rights. Human dignity is the origin of human rights and is only viable by ensuring that all people are equal before the Law and that there is no discrimination on the basis of gender, color, religion, nationality or social security. This right was enunciated in all international human rights instruments including the African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights for 1981, subject of the Report which, in its Article 2, provides for "the right to indiscriminate treatment in enjoying rights determined in the Charter", and in Article 3 in: 1) endorsing "equality before the Law" and 2) stipulating for "equality in terms of protection before the Law". The right to equality is multi-faceted. It is the right of the individual to be treated without discrimination no matter the reason. He shall be entitled to be treated as equal before the Law in taking its relevant provisions as reference whether regarding rights and obligations, or protection, or labor and civil service. Libyan right-specific declarations and charters corroborated and assured this right. In the First Statement of the 1969 Revolution, it was noted that "all people are equal where no one shall be disadvantaged or subdued". In the Declaration on the Establishment of the Power of the People, the right to political exercise of power is warranted for all citizens without discrimination for any reason whatsoever. Defending homeland is the responsibility of all citizens without discrimination. Concerning the 1988 Great Green Human Rights Charter in the era of the masses, the stipulation of its Article 21 is evident in approving gender equality, stressing that sons of mass society, men and women, are equal vis-à-vis whatever is deemed humane since differentiation between men and women in terms of rights implies unjustifiably flagrant injustice. The provision cited in Article 17 of the same Document is a precursor to the principle of non-discrimination reading that "sons of mass