{"id":1780,"date":"2021-11-04T23:25:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T23:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/libya_the_penal_code\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:31:48","slug":"libya_the_penal_code","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya &#8211; The Penal Code"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#00754C\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless is-multiline is-mobile\">\n            <div class=\"column is-12-mobile is-8-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                <div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-desktop\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Share-Image-70.png');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"outer\">\n                    <div class=\"inner left\">\n                        <div class=\"split-post-content\">\n\n                            <div class=\"columns is-multiline is-mobile\">\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <p class=\"date\">4th \u0646\u0648\u0641\u0645\u0628\u0631 2021<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">Libya &#8211; The Penal Code<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column is-9\">\n                                        <p class=\"time-to-read\">4 min read<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"column is-6-desktop is-hidden-touch\">\n                <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Share-Image-70.png');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 424. of Libya&#8217;s Penal Code provides that If the offender marries the woman against whom the offense is committed, the offense and penalty shall be extinguished and the penal effects thereof shall cease.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Libya<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law status:<\/strong>\u00a0Discriminatory law in force<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law Type:<\/strong>\u00a0Rape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sex discrimination in laws purporting to address violence, or silence on the issue within the law, can actually promote or perpetuate violence against women and girls because there is little to deter perpetrators from committing crimes or inadequate recourse for victims; intimate partner and sexual violence is disproportionately inflicted upon women and adolescent girls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Laws that allow a perpetrator to go unpunished if they marry their victim sanction violence in the law itself and may contribute to perpetuating or promoting violence against women and girls, including by exposing them to a possibility of further violence within marriage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Law:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 424.\u00a0<em>Extinction of Offences and Stay of Execution of Penalties:<strong>\u00a0If the offender marries the woman against whom the offense is committed, the offense and penalty shall be extinguished<\/strong>\u00a0and the penal effects thereof shall cease. This shall apply both to the offender and to his accomplices, provided that the personal status law applicable to the offender does not authorise divorce or judicial divorce.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>But if the personal status law applicable to the offender authorises divorce or judicial divorce, then the marriage of the offender shall only stay criminal proceedings or execution of the penalty for a period of three years. The stay shall cease before the passage of three years from the date of the offense if the woman against whom the offense was committed is judicially divorced for no reasonable reason or if a ruling of divorce is issued on her behalf.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Article 6 of the Constitutional Declaration 2011 of Libya:\u00a0<em>Libyans shall be\u00a0<strong>equal before the law<\/strong>. They shall enjoy equal civil and political rights with, have the same opportunities in all areas and be subject to the same public duties and obligations, without distinction on the grounds of religion, belief, language, wealth,\u00a0<strong>gender<\/strong>, kinship, political opinions, social status, or tribal, regional or familial loyalty.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moj.gov.sy\/ar\/penaltygroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to full law.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-signpost-block\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","post_tag":[],"resource_type":[],"law_status":[216],"law_type":[224],"issue":[49],"region":[176],"class_list":["post-1780","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","issue-achieve-legal-equality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Libya - The Penal Code - Equality Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Libya - The Penal Code\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Equality Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/equalitynoworg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T10:31:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u0648\u0642\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0642\u062f\u0651\u0631\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u062f\u0642\u064a\u0642\u062a\u0627\u0646\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/libya_the_penal_code\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/libya_the_penal_code\\\/\",\"name\":\"Libya - The Penal Code - Equality Now\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-04T23:25:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-28T10:31:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/libya_the_penal_code\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/libya_the_penal_code\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/libya_the_penal_code\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/ar\\\/resource\\\/%type%\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Libya &#8211; The Penal Code\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Equality Now\",\"description\":\"A just world for all women and girls\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ar\"},{\"@type\":[\"Organization\",\"Place\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Equality Now\",\"alternateName\":\"Equality Now\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/libya_the_penal_code\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/libya_the_penal_code\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/equalitynoworg\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/equality-now\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/equalitynoworg\"],\"description\":\"Equality Now leads the way in driving the legal and systemic change needed to end violence and discrimination against all women and girls, everywhere in the world, to the benefit of all. Every year, our work leads to legal, systemic, and cultural progress that translates into real and positive change for millions of women and girls around the world. In 2024, we improved justice for over 52 million women & girls.\",\"legalName\":\"Equality Now\",\"foundingDate\":\"1992-04-10\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"51\",\"maxValue\":\"200\"},\"telephone\":[],\"openingHoursSpecification\":[{\"@type\":\"OpeningHoursSpecification\",\"dayOfWeek\":[\"Monday\",\"Tuesday\",\"Wednesday\",\"Thursday\",\"Friday\",\"Saturday\",\"Sunday\"],\"opens\":\"09:00\",\"closes\":\"17:00\"}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/libya_the_penal_code\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/EN_stacked_blueGrey.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/EN_stacked_blueGrey.png\",\"width\":1265,\"height\":1287,\"caption\":\"Equality Now\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Libya - The Penal Code - Equality Now","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/","og_locale":"ar_AR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Libya - The Penal Code","og_url":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/","og_site_name":"Equality Now","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/equalitynoworg\/","article_modified_time":"2025-10-28T10:31:48+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u0648\u0642\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0642\u062f\u0651\u0631":"\u062f\u0642\u064a\u0642\u062a\u0627\u0646"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/","url":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/","name":"Libya - The Penal Code - Equality Now","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-11-04T23:25:37+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-28T10:31:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ar","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Resources","item":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/resource\/%type%\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Libya &#8211; The Penal Code"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/","name":"Equality Now","description":"A just world for all women and girls","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ar"},{"@type":["Organization","Place"],"@id":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/#organization","name":"Equality Now","alternateName":"Equality Now","url":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/","logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/#local-main-organization-logo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/#local-main-organization-logo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/equalitynoworg\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/equality-now\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/equalitynoworg"],"description":"Equality Now leads the way in driving the legal and systemic change needed to end violence and discrimination against all women and girls, everywhere in the world, to the benefit of all. Every year, our work leads to legal, systemic, and cultural progress that translates into real and positive change for millions of women and girls around the world. In 2024, we improved justice for over 52 million women & girls.","legalName":"Equality Now","foundingDate":"1992-04-10","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"51","maxValue":"200"},"telephone":[],"openingHoursSpecification":[{"@type":"OpeningHoursSpecification","dayOfWeek":["Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday"],"opens":"09:00","closes":"17:00"}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ar","@id":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/libya_the_penal_code\/#local-main-organization-logo","url":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/EN_stacked_blueGrey.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/EN_stacked_blueGrey.png","width":1265,"height":1287,"caption":"Equality Now"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/1780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/1780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59001,"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/1780\/revisions\/59001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_tag?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"resource_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource_type?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"law_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/law_status?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"law_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/law_type?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=1780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}