In an advanced human rights step, and at the initiative of Lebanese MP Halima Kakour, a number of MPs in the Lebanese parliament sent a question to Foreign Minister Abdullah Bouhbib and the caretaker government as a whole through the Speaker of Parliament regarding the rights of disabled people in times of war and the […]

A delegation from the Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities and Ma’an Association met today with the head of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, Dr. Michel Moussa, at the Parliament building in Beirut. The meeting aimed to discuss the rights of people who were permanently disabled as a result of the Beirut port explosion, […]

On February 13, 2017, the State Shura Council (the first chamber) issued a final decision related to guaranteeing the right to work for people with disabilities in the private sector. The decision required the National Social Security Fund to ensure that employers in medium and large enterprises comply with the employment of persons with disabilities […]