The Universal Periodic Review was established when the UN General Assembly established the Human Rights Council on March 15, 2006 through resolution 60/251. This resolution mandated the Human Rights Council to “conduct a universal periodic review, based on objective and reliable information, of the fulfilment by each State of its human rights obligations in a […]
For the thirteenth consecutive year, the Monitor for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities continues to monitor violations against this category of Lebanese citizens and Palestinian and Syrian refugees residing on Lebanese territory, in accordance with Law 220/2000 on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the laws in force.
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 […]
After a long delay in the launch of the transportation plan promised by the Minister of Public Works and Transport following Lebanon’s receipt of the French bus donation, Minister Ali Hammiyeh launched a single line two days ago at a press conference from the garage of the buses whose operation was transferred to a private […]
The Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities participated in a conference organized by the Arab NGO Network for Development in cooperation with the Coalition of Civil Organizations at the Basil Fuleihan Institute of the Lebanese Ministry of Finance, to discuss the mid-term report of the Universal Periodic Review mechanism on human rights in Lebanon. […]
Lebanon participated in the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva in 2021 and presented its report for the third time before the Human Rights Council, following which it received several recommendations. It is . More than 30 civil society organizations in Lebanon, including national and regional networks, have formed a coalition to prepare a civil society […]
For the twelfth consecutive year, the Monitor for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities continues to monitor violations against this category of Lebanese citizens and Palestinian and Syrian refugees residing on Lebanese territory, in accordance with the provisions of Law 220/2000 on the rights of persons with disabilities and the laws in force.
Yasmina posted a video on her TikTok account in which she talks about how her brother (a child with autism) was subjected to verbal and physical violence by the employees and owner of Café Noel, in the town of Baqata – Chouf. The girl tells how her brother, who loves chocolate, used to frequent the […]
The launch of the “Inclusive Built Environment Observatory”, organized by the Inclusive Environment Committee of the Engineers Syndicate in Beirut in cooperation with the Lebanese Union for the Mobility Impaired. The Inclusive Built Environment Observatory aims to keep abreast of the implementation of Decree No. 7194/2009 on the rights of persons with disabilities, based on […]
This review was prepared by the Lebanese Union of Physically Disabled Persons, the Youth Association for the Blind, the Lebanese Self-Advocacy Association, the National Association for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Lebanese Federation for the Deaf, the Palestinian Disability Commission, the Darb al-Wafa Association for the Disabled, the Musawa Association, the Association for […]
The Observatory for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Lebanon is surprised that for thirteen years the Lebanese Parliament did not convene in a legislative session to ratify the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and that it is convening today to go backwards in terms of terminology related to disability […]
