Libya Civil Registration: Difference between revisions
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"...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> | "...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 in each municipality. | |||
'''Marriages and Divorces''' are also kept by the religious law courts | |||
For additional help, contact: | For additional help, contact: | ||
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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]
Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]
The Civil Registry Documents and Access main office 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 in each municipality.
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)