{"id":1774,"date":"2021-11-04T23:15:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T23:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/oman_personal_status_law_1997\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:21:06","slug":"oman_personal_status_law_1997","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/fr\/resource\/uncategorised\/oman_personal_status_law_1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman &#8211; Personal Status Law, 1997"},"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-60.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 novembre 2021<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">Oman &#8211; Personal Status Law, 1997<\/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-60.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>Articles 11 and 134 of Oman\u2019s Personal Status Law of 1997 restrict the right of the child\u2019s custodian (normally the mother) to travel abroad with the child without the approval of the guardian (who is required to be male).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Oman<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law status:<\/strong>\u00a0Discriminatory law in force<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law Type:<\/strong>\u00a0Travel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sex discrimination in personal status laws negatively impacts the ability of women to conduct various aspects of their daily lives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Women can not move freely if they need the permission of a guardian to travel themselves or for their child to travel with them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Law:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles 11 and 134 of Oman\u2019s Personal Status Law of 1997 restrict the right of the child\u2019s custodian (normally the mother) to travel abroad with the child without the approval of the guardian (who is required to be male).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 134.\u00a0<em><strong>The custodian of the child cannot travel abroad with the child without the approval of the guardian<\/strong>. If the guardian refuses, the matter may be submitted to a judge for resolution.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 11.\u00a0<em>(B)\u00a0<strong>The guardian must be a male<\/strong>, wise, adult, not forbidden by Hajj or &lsquo;Umrah, Muslim if the child is a Muslim.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Article 17 of the Constitution of Oman:\u00a0<em>All Citizens are\u00a0<strong>equal before the Law<\/strong>\u00a0and share the same public rights and duties. There shall be no discrimination amongst them on the ground of\u00a0<strong>gender<\/strong>, origin, colour, language, religion, sect, domicile, or social status.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qanoon.om\/p\/1997\/rd1997032\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore Oman&rsquo;s 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><a href=\"https:\/\/omanportal.gov.om\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/8b7389b0-9a86-45b8-993d-d5f2533467e6\/Personal+Status+Law+-+Marriage+%28Arabic%29.pdf?MOD=AJPERES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ll law<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ll law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","post_tag":[],"resource_type":[],"law_status":[216],"law_type":[230],"issue":[49],"region":[175],"class_list":["post-1774","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>Oman - Personal Status Law, 1997 - 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\/oman_personal_status_law_1997\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oman - Personal Status Law, 1997\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ll law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/oman_personal_status_law_1997\/\" \/>\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=\"2025-10-28T10:21:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/oman_personal_status_law_1997\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/oman_personal_status_law_1997\\\/\",\"name\":\"Oman - Personal Status Law, 1997 - Equality Now\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-04T23:15:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-28T10:21:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/oman_personal_status_law_1997\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/oman_personal_status_law_1997\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/oman_personal_status_law_1997\\\/#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\":\"Oman &#8211; 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