18 reside". The Freedom Promotion Act no 20/1991 as well covered its in-house and off-shore dimensions, stating that "every citizen is free – in times of peace – to move and choose his domicile. He may leave and return to the Great Jamhirya any time he wishes." According to these two texts, it has been decided, in principle that, in times of peace, there will be no restrictions on the right to movement and residence inside and outside the country. This merely indicates that in times of war and under exceptional circumstances, this right may be subject to limitation. Also it may, summarily and in specific judicial cases, be restricted if crimes necessitating investigation and trial were committed. The Libyan position regarding this right is an embodiment of the stipulation contained in Article 12 of the African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights for 1981 citing that "each person has the right to free movement and choice of his domicile within the State concerned provided commitment to provisions of the Law is observed", and that "each person has the right to leave any country including his own, as much as he has the right to return to his country. This right shall not be subject to any constraints unless otherwise provided in the Law and believed necessary for national security, public order, health and public morals.