Libya

Libya Information Region Africa Population 6173579 GDP (millions USD) 57,064 National Policies Eggs for assisted reproduction PROHIBITED Eggs for research ? Inheritable genetic modification ? Preimplantation genetic diagnosis ? Reproductive cloning ? Research cloning ? Sex selection ? Surrogacy PROHIBITED International Agreements 2005 UN Cloning Vote no vote 2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention RATIFIED

Key laws and policies

Libyan Penal Law

Medical Liability Law No 17/1986

Prohibited practices

• Artificial insemination is prohibited by virtue of the Libyan Penal Law; however, the prohibition does not apply to married couples (Law no 17/1986).
• Surrogate motherhood is prohibited.
• Gamete donation is prohibited.

(Art. 403 Bis A and Art. 403 Bis B. Libyan Penal Code as appended to the Law No 75/1972)

Permitted and regulated practices

A husband and wife may undergo assisted reproduction with their consent.

Libya has a National Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Sterility by virtue of General People's Committee Decision No. 186/1993.

External links

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Cairo Office, ‘Ethics and the Law in Biomedicine and Genetics: An Overview of National Regulations in the Arab States’, 2011. Available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002152/215207E.pdf (p 51), (accessed 22 February 2015).