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submitted first to conciliation committees and so that if
individuals fail to take this course, the Court will turn down
their litigation.
In order to effectuate and cement the idea of reconciliatory
justice, this Law needs reconsideration. As a consequence, Law
no 4/2010 was issued with new more developed concepts of
reconciliatory justice compared to the previous Law and has
gone so far as to expand the competence of conciliation and
reconciliation committees to include even criminal cases. The
Law as well declines to associate reconciliatory justice with the
administrative structure of the State. It rather renders competent
non-governmental committees to be formed in every congress or
residential quarter. These committees are to be made up of
persons who are best known for their efficiency, fairness,
impartiality, social prestige and experience in dispute
settlement.
Section II: Legal and Judicial Protection of Human Rights
Since its inception, the Great Al Fateh Revolution has devoted
special interest to the enactment of legislation on the protection
of citizens' rights and the harmonization of its related laws with
international treaties and instruments it abides by. Besides
enacting laws to protect rights and basic freedoms of
individuals, control mechanisms and organs were introduced to
ensure respect for effective laws and oversee their application.
In this part of the report, we tackle legal protection as item 1,
judicial protection as item 2 and control mechanisms as item 3
as follows.
First: Legal Protection:
1) Basic Laws: This protection is discernable through
overriding interest the Great Jamhirya has developed in
human rights and basic freedoms in a number of basic