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Laws Advocacy and Policy Change
Have we entered the age of the international convention?
23 / 08 / 2023
After a sixteen-year wait, Lebanon’s official alignment with the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) was ratified by the House of Representatives and promulgated by Law No. 291, dated April 12, 2022, and concluded by Cabinet Decision No. 42, dated February 6, 2023. Here we are in the first year after […]
Laws Build for Everyone Campaign
The right of persons with disabilities to a habitable environment according to Law 220/2000
25 / 09 / 2012
Finally, after more than 11 years of waiting, Decree No. 7194 was issued on December 16, 2011 to determine the minimum standards for buildings and structures, published in the Official Gazette No. 61 on December 29, 2011, available at the following link: http://jo.pcm.gov.lb/j2011/j61/wfm/m7194.htm This decree constitutes one of the most prominent implementation decrees stipulated by […]

The Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities