Child Rights Law, Internet-Access Establishment Duty to Block Minors from Pornographic Websites
Law No. 21 of 2021 (Child Rights Law), arts. 1, 34, 60
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In force.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 1 defines a child as anyone who has not completed eighteen years of age. Article 34 prohibits an operator of an establishment providing internet access service from allowing a child to access pornographic or indecent websites. Article 35 separately directs the State, not the establishment operator, to take measures preventing children's access to websites that incite violence, racial discrimination, hatred, religious contempt, intolerance, or pornography generally.
Article 60 penalizes a violation of Article 34 with imprisonment of one to three months and a fine of 100,000 to 300,000 Syrian pounds.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Imprisonment of one to three months for an operator of an internet-access establishment who allows a child to access a pornographic or indecent website (art. 60, penalizing a violation of art. 34).
Penalty structure
Imprisonment of one to three months accompanies this fine; recorded in criminal_exposure_note.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 7 September 2026
- Minimum
- 100,000
- Currency
- SYP
- Fixed cap
- 300,000
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Obligation class
Age verification
Read the law
Full text of Law No. 21 of 2021
(Child Rights Law) as reproduced by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) in its own presidential-issuance announcement the English rendering of the quoted passages above is the analyst's own translation of the Arabic original and is unofficial