The term “intersectional rights” enters the lexicon of Lebanese activists to encompass the rights of marginalized groups, according to a practical methodology that seeks to advance the rights of these groups together, whether by demanding their rights collectively (unifying the discourse of marginalized groups) to extract them from the relevant authorities, now that they have been recognized by the United Nations, or by supporting each other in understanding and adopting the rights of each group (strengthening the horizontal relationship between diverse groups).

All of this happens under the umbrella of human rights, while humanity is moving towards adopting social models in dealing with the rights of marginalized groups, but the reality in our country is not in line with this trend. Some groups have received local legislation that guarantees their rights according to the Lebanese constitution, but other groups still face multiplied discrimination and their basic rights are not recognized.

Through this document, we seek to shed light on the reality of some marginalized groups (LGBT rights, people with disabilities, refugees, women’s rights, youth…) in relation to the electoral law and practices on the ground, with the aim of providing clear preliminary data towards a discrimination-free electoral process that we hope will establish the path of intersectional rights in Lebanon.