Egypt

Age of Consent

Partial

Age of sexual consent is 18 years. The national legislation does not provide for a close-in-age exemption.

Analysis of country legislation on age of sexual consent, 2024

Extraterritoriality & Extradition

Partial

Active extraterritoriality is provided for all SEC related offences under the Egyptian Penal Code, committed by Egyptian nationals abroad if they return to Egypt and provided that the double criminality requirement is fulfilled, under Article 3 of the Penal Code. Passive extraterritoriality is provided for some SEC related offences, such as trafficking offences under article 16(2) of the Law No. 64 of 2010 Combating Human Trafficking and for CSAM related offences under article 3(2) of the Cybercrime Law. Double criminality is required in both instances.

As no general extradition law was found, SEC-related offences will be extraditable on the basis of requirements provided in bilateral extradition treaties ratified by Egypt. It is unclear whether double criminality applies for extradition.

Penal Code, “Law No. (64) of 2010 regarding Combating Human Trafficking”, “Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes Law (Law No. 175 of 2018) “, 1937 (1992), 2010, 2018

CSAM Definition

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Background Check Required

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National Commitments

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Child Advocacy Centers

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SEC Police Unit

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Protection Standards Travel and Tourism

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Public SEC Case Data

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