by admin_HRWF | Nov 11, 2021 | Human Rights in the World
France sentences Lebanese priest to 15 years on child rape counts Maronite priest Mansour Labaki has been sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison for sexual crimes committed in the 1990s. The New Arab (09.11.2021) – https://bit.ly/30ig4Gs –...
by admin_HRWF | May 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Child protection campaigners say closed schools and rising poverty, along with the lack of a legal minimum age, are pushing more girls under 18 into marriage. By Cathrin Schaer Die Welt (15.05.2021) – https://bit.ly/2SB7ZZw – Aid groups in Lebanon say...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 10, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
UN review should focus on increased protection against violence, bias. HRW (04.11.2020) – https://bit.ly/3nfm7BH – Lebanese authorities are falling short of their international legal obligations to protect women and girls from violence and end...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 18, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Syria’s refugee crisis has shone a light on sex trafficking in Lebanon, where victims are often treated as criminals. By Daniela Sala Al Jazeera (11..02.2020) – https://bit.ly/2uLjXUU – “How do I know most of the women working as...