Demands included the withdrawal of the Israeli enemy, the return of prisoners, support for the right of displaced people to return to their towns and villages, extending state authority over them, backing the displaced, and speeding up reconstruction.
the LUPD organized a discussion session to review the Accessible Sidewalk Standard draft, entitled “Inclusive Guidelines for the Accessibility and Use of the Built Outdoor Environment.”
LUPD held a rights-based session titled “Our lives are not less important than the lives of non-disabled people” highlighting the importance of self-advocacy in confronting the continued marginalization of the rights of persons with disabilities during the recovery and reconstruction phase. The session also reflected on the lessons learned from the displacement crisis, during which […]
Empowering the next generation of advocates. On 8 July 2026, LUPD President Sylvana Lakkis, together with Abir, joined students at Haigazian University for an interactive session on disability rights, inclusion, and advocacy. The discussion explored LUPD’s journey from a grassroots movement to a leading organization advancing the rights of persons with disabilities in Lebanon, while […]
The Alliance urged that the abandoned vegetable and fruit market building in Ard Jalloul be designated as a model center for hosting displaced persons with disabilities, the elderly, and their families, and the establishment of inclusive shelters in every district.
The event at Le Gray Hotel brought together representatives from government institutions, international organizations, academia, the technical community, the private sector, media, and civil society to discuss the importance of an inclusive and accessible digital future.
This project focuses on enhancing the social inclusion of persons with disabilities through the development of inclusive municipal policies in three main Lebanese regions.
The President of the Arab Forum for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the LUPD, Sylvana Lakkis, met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during his visit to Lebanon, at a meeting organized by UNWomen, which included a number of active women activists in the humanitarian, social and political fields. In the meeting, Lakkis explained […]
President of the AFRPD Sylvana Lakkis was invited to the meeting held by the High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk at the ESCWA building in Beirut yesterday for a dialogue with representatives of civil society organizations. The speech was delivered by colleague Lakkis: “In Gaza, disabled people are annihilated and tortured, and I can’t […]
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, […]
MP Najat Aoun visited the office of the Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities in Beirut, where she met with the president of the union, Silvana Al-Laqis, and a number of unionists.During the meeting, Aoun expressed her interest in the issues of people with disabilities, noting the challenges they face in their quest for […]
