Current Version
Region | Syria |
Issue | Equal age of consent |
Status | varies |
Start Date | past |
End Date | now |
Description | No laws surrounding consent age requirements for homosexuals. Homosexuality being illegal has no automatic implementation on laws such as, adoption, donating blood, consent age or military service. |
Sources | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/lgbt-the-law/map-of-criminalisation/?type_filter_submitted=&type_filter%5B%5D=unequal_ages_consent |
Revision History (14)
Revision by GeorgieTheOrgie. Inaccurate Status
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Value Special | varies |
Revision by GeorgieTheOrgie. Inaccurate Status
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Note | Syria’s anti gay laws mean by default, the age of consent is not applicable | No laws surrounding consent age requirements for homosexuals. Homosexuality being illegal has no automatic implementation on laws such as, adoption, donating blood, consent age or military service. |
Revision by JohnQuebec98. Incorrect information was shown with regards to this country
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Value | Equal | |
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Note | Equal age of consent | Syria’s anti gay laws mean by default, the age of consent is not applicable |
Revision by GeorgieTheOrgie. Inaccurate Status
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Value | Equal |
Revision by GeorgieTheOrgie. Inaccurate Status
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Note | Homosexuality is illegal. Article 491 of the criminal code in regime held territory but may be different in other held territory. | Equal age of consent |
Sources | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/syria/ | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/lgbt-the-law/map-of-criminalisation/?type_filter_submitted=&type_filter%5B%5D=unequal_ages_consent |
Revision by GeorgieTheOrgie. Inaccurate Status
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Note | Homosexuality is illegal. Article 491 of the criminal code | Homosexuality is illegal. Article 491 of the criminal code in regime held territory but may be different in other held territory. |
Revision by Willow. Wrong Status
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Value Special | ambiguous | na |
Revision by GeorgieTheOrgie. Inaccurate Status
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Value Special | na | ambiguous |
Revision by JordanB3047
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Value | Unequal | |
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Note | Homosexuality is illegal. Article 491 of the criminal code | Homosexuality is illegal. Article 491 of the criminal code |
Revision by Muhammadaji2022
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Value | Equal | Unequal |
Note | Set age of consent but homosexuality is illegal. Article 491 of the criminal code | Homosexuality is illegal. Article 491 of the criminal code |
Sources | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/syria/ |
Revision by Ausyk
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Note | Set age of consent but homosexuality is illegal. | Set age of consent but homosexuality is illegal. Article 491 of the criminal code |
Sources | No |
Reports (2)
- Note field is incorrect "Ambiguous law against "unnatural relations", not necessarily anti LGBT law."
- Status is not correct "If homosexuality is illegal than there can be no equal age of consent"
Revision by Ausyk
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Value | Unequal | Equal |
Revision by Ausyk
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Value | Unequal | |
Value Special | ambiguous | |
Note | homosexuality is illegal there. age of consent is not equal. | Set age of consent but homosexuality is illegal. |
Revision by Ausyk
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Value | Unequal | |
Value Special | ambiguous | |
Note | homosexuality is illegal there. | homosexuality is illegal there. age of consent is not equal. |