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==How to Find the Records== | |||
===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
The main office of the Civil Registry Documents and Access is in Tripoli. | |||
"...each municipality has a civil registration office where birth, marriage, divorce and death must be registered".<ref>Refworld, [https://www.refworld.org/docid/585a7ef84.html Libya: Civil Registry Authority (CRA)], (accessed 15 November 2022)</ref> | |||
'''Marriages and Divorces''' are also kept by the religious law courts. | |||
===Coverage and Compliance | For additional help, contact: | ||
:[https://www.embassyoflibyadc.org/ Embassy of Libya]<br> | |||
:1460 Dahlia St NW<br> | |||
:Washington, DC 20012 | |||
:Telephone: (202) 944-9601 | |||
==Historical Background== | |||
==Coverage and Compliance== | |||
"The minimum age for marriage is 18 for both men and women, although judges may permit those younger than 18 to marry."<ref>U.S. Department of State, [https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/libya 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Libya], (accessed 15 November 2022)</ref> | "The minimum age for marriage is 18 for both men and women, although judges may permit those younger than 18 to marry."<ref>U.S. Department of State, [https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/libya 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Libya], (accessed 15 November 2022)</ref> | ||
A 1991report | |||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||
===Birth Records=== | ===Birth Records=== | ||
===Marriage Records=== | ===Marriage Records=== | ||
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*Age of the bride and groom | *Age of the bride and groom | ||
*Marital status | *Marital status | ||
*Place of usual residence<ref | *Place of usual residence<ref>International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/crvs/documents/IIVRS_papers/IIVRS_paper47.pdf THE VITAL REGISTRATION AND STATISTICS SYSTEMS IN LIBYA AND ITS IMPROVEMENT], (accessed 15 November 2022)</ref> | ||
===Divorce Records=== | ===Divorce Records=== | ||
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*Place of usual residence | *Place of usual residence | ||
*Number of dependent children | *Number of dependent children | ||
*Duration of marriage<ref | *Duration of marriage<ref>International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/crvs/documents/IIVRS_papers/IIVRS_paper47.pdf THE VITAL REGISTRATION AND STATISTICS SYSTEMS IN LIBYA AND ITS IMPROVEMENT], (accessed 15 November 2022)</ref> | ||
===Death Records=== | ===Death Records=== | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Libya | [[Category:Libya]] | ||
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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]
Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]
The main office of the Civil Registry Documents and Access is in Tripoli.
"...each municipality has a civil registration office where birth, marriage, divorce and death must be registered".[1]
Marriages and Divorces are also kept by the religious law courts.
For additional help, contact:
- Embassy of Libya
- 1460 Dahlia St NW
- Washington, DC 20012
- Telephone: (202) 944-9601
Historical Background[edit | edit source]
Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]
"The minimum age for marriage is 18 for both men and women, although judges may permit those younger than 18 to marry."[2]
A 1991report
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
Birth Records[edit | edit source]
Marriage Records[edit | edit source]
- Date of marriage
- Date of registration
- Place of marriage
- Type of marriage
- Age of the bride and groom
- Marital status
- Place of usual residence[3]
Divorce Records[edit | edit source]
- Date of marriage
- Date of registration
- Place of marriage
- Type of marriage
- Age of the bride and groom
- Marital status
- Place of usual residence
- Number of dependent children
- Duration of marriage[4]
Death Records[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Refworld, Libya: Civil Registry Authority (CRA), (accessed 15 November 2022)
- ↑ U.S. Department of State, 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Libya, (accessed 15 November 2022)
- ↑ International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, THE VITAL REGISTRATION AND STATISTICS SYSTEMS IN LIBYA AND ITS IMPROVEMENT, (accessed 15 November 2022)
- ↑ International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, THE VITAL REGISTRATION AND STATISTICS SYSTEMS IN LIBYA AND ITS IMPROVEMENT, (accessed 15 November 2022)