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LEBANON
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
1 January 2010
Accessed Date:
22 August 2023
Title:
Lebanon. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
20 May 2026
Accessed Date:
28 May 2026
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Lebanon
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
2 March 2026
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
19 May 2023
Accessed Date:
22 August 2023
Title:
Lebanon. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
1 October 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Israeli attacks on healthcare providers must be investigated as war crimes
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 March 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) during the period from 21 October 2025 to 20 February 2026: Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
11 March 2026
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
12 May 2026
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Administrative Divisions of Lebanon
Source:
Lebanese Arabic Institute
Date of Document:
16 September 2017
Accessed Date:
7 November 2019
Title:
“The Country is Dissolving and No One Cares”: Surging Need and Crashing Support for Social Security During Lebanon's Economic Crisis
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
December 2024
Accessed Date:
13 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon: “The Sky Rained Missiles': Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon must be investigated as war crimes
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
13 May 2025
Title:
Nowhere To Return: Israel's Extensive Destruction of Southern Lebanon
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 August 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon. BTI 2026 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2026
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Israel's evacuation 'warnings' for civilians misleading and inadequate
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 October 2024
Accessed Date:
13 May 2025
Title:
Emergency operations centre Beirut assessment & analysis cell
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
12 August 2020
Accessed Date:
6 November 2020
Title:
Deaths and Displacement in Lebanon: Update on the Human Rights Situation in Lebanon
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 April 2026
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
11 August 2025
Author:
Clayton Thomas; Jim Zanotti
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon Poverty and Equity Assessment 2024: Weathering a Protracted Crisis
Date of Document:
23 May 2024
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 March 2026
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Urgent call to protect civilians as death toll mounts following brutal escalation in Israeli attacks
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 April 2026
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Country Focus. Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
November 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Forty-second semi-annual report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
7 October 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon bans Hezbollah military activities after rocket fire on Israel
Date of Document:
2 March 2026
Author:
Adam Chamseddine; Heba Nasser
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Destroying Reconstruction Equipment
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
15 December 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Liban : accès à des soins psychiatriques
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
31 March 2022
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
Lebanon, Year 2024: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
5 February 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon: Israeli strikes on densely populated residential areas killed civilians without warning
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 February 2026
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
Accessed Date:
15 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: “We are not safe here': Government fails people living in buildings at risk of collapse in Tripoli
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 February 2024
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Lebanon. World Report 2026: Events of 2025.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2026
Accessed Date:
15 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
15 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Nationwide Electricity Blackout
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 August 2024
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon: Israel must halt attacks on healthcare workers, medical facilities and first responders
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
19 March 2026
Accessed Date:
15 May 2026
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21: Lebanon
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/51/LBN/1
Date of Document:
14 November 2025
Accessed Date:
15 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/51/LBN/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
14 November 2025
Accessed Date:
15 May 2026
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Lebanon
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/51/LBN/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
7 November 2025
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2026.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2026
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Universal Periodic Report 2025
Source:
Arab NGO Network for Development
Date of Document:
October 2025
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Crises Erode Human Rights. Amnesty International: Submission to the 51st Session of the UPR Working Group, 19–30 January 2026.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 July 2025
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Lebanese nationality; whether an identification card that has not been renewed since 1968 is still valid (2012-June 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 July 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Title:
Whether a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon who is living abroad can be refused a renewal of his laissez-passer (travel document) after it has expired; the procedures a Palestinian abroad must follow to renew a laissez-passer issued by...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 January 2006
Accessed Date:
31 October 2012
Title:
Procedures to register a civil marriage that has taken place outside of Lebanon with Lebanese authorities; whether the procedure is different for Lebanese citizens who marry non-Lebanese citizens; whether there are time restrictions on...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 March 2010
Accessed Date:
31 October 2012
Title:
Liban : La situation des maktoum al-qaid (apatrides)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
8 January 2020
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Lebanon: Residency for Syrians.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
22 April 2022
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
Citizenship requirements and procedures for an individual who was born in Lebanon to parents with Syrian citizenship, has a permanent residency permit, and whose spouse was granted Lebanese citizenship by Decree (2012-November 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 November 2013
Accessed Date:
27 November 2014
Title:
Permanent Residence Permit, including associated rights of exit and entry, as well as accessibility to employment and social services; renewal procedures, including outside the country (2012-November 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 November 2013
Accessed Date:
19 November 2014
Title:
Passports, including their contents, appearance and security features; requirements and procedures for obtaining them within the country and abroad; samples (2021–August 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 August 2023
Accessed Date:
23 August 2023
Title:
Information on national ID cards, individual and family registers, and drivers' licenses, including purpose of documents, application and issuance procedures, procedures for correcting errors; whether errors in these documents are common and whether there are issues with fraud (2012 – July 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 July 2016
Accessed Date:
28 November 2016
Title:
Restoring Citizenship Law in Lebanon: Renaturalization Without Return
Date of Document:
1 July 2016
Accessed Date:
23 November 2017
Title:
Update on Marriage Registration for Refugees from Syria: Understanding the procedures and identifying the challenges faced by refugees when registering marriages in Lebanon
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
21 September 2021
Title:
Lebanon. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Birth Registration Update. The challenges of birth registration in Lebanon for refugees from Syria.
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
January 2015
Accessed Date:
21 September 2021
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Lebanon's 2022 Parliamentary Elections
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
12 May 2022
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
A new President for Lebanon: What next in 2025?
Source:
United Kingdom. House of Commons.
Date of Document:
13 January 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon Finally Has a New Government, Now What?
Source:
Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Date of Document:
19 February 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Lebanon: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Déclaration préliminaire de la Mission électorale de la Francophonie à l'occasion des législatives au Liban
Source:
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Lebanon
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
1 March 2022
Accessed Date:
22 August 2023
Title:
Family violence, including legislation, state protection and services available to victims (2011-November 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 November 2013
Accessed Date:
19 November 2014
Title:
Sexual and Gender-based Violence Offences in Lebanon: Principles and Recommended Practices on Evidence
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
22 August 2023
Title:
Unequal and Unprotected: Women's Rights under Lebanese Personal Status Laws
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 January 2015
Author:
Nayla Geagea et al.
Editor:
Robin Shulman et al.
Accessed Date:
6 November 2015
Title:
Lebanon. Overview of Muslim Family Laws & Practices.
Date of Document:
1 August 2022
Accessed Date:
14 May 2024
Title:
Country matrix 2025: Lebanon
Source:
United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. et al.
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2023.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
17 June 2024
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Humanitarian impact of crisis on children
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
31 May 2022
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
Gender-based Violence in Lebanon: Inadequate Framework, Ineffective Remedies
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
July 2019
Accessed Date:
19 November 2020
Title:
Liban : violence domestique et garde des enfants
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
31 March 2022
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
“Justice for me is living freely and as a human being”: An Analytical Study of Access to Justice for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Cases of Syrian Refugee Women in Lebanon
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Accessed Date:
22 August 2023
Title:
Continuum of sexual and gender-based violence risks among Syrian refugee women and girls in Lebanon
Source:
BMC Women's Health
Date of Document:
14 August 2020
Author:
Sophie Roupetz et al.
Accessed Date:
9 November 2020
Title:
Liban : Les mariages forcés
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 May 2021
Accessed Date:
21 September 2021
Title:
In the name of religion: Women's unequal rights in Lebanon
Source:
ALEF – Act for Human Rights
Date of Document:
14 December 2022
Accessed Date:
22 August 2023
Title:
Gender Alert: Gender and Displacement in Lebanon at the Juncture of the Ceasefire
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
December 2024
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by Lebanon under article 18 of the convention, due in 2019
Date of Document:
27 July 2020
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
Lebanon. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
16 December 2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
“Don't Punish Me for Who I Am”: Systemic Discrimination Against Transgender Women in Lebanon
Source:
Human Rights Watch et al.
Date of Document:
3 September 2019
Accessed Date:
7 November 2019
Title:
Situation of sexual minorities in Beirut, including treatment by society and the authorities, legislation, support services and organizations that provide assistance (2010-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 January 2014
Accessed Date:
19 November 2014
Title:
Lebanon. Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019: Recognition before the law.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Zhan Chiam et al.
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
Country of Origin Information Report: Lebanon
Source:
Capital Rainbow Refuge. Queer Refugee Hearings Program.
Date of Document:
August 2022
Accessed Date:
20 October 2022
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Hizballah. Country Reports on Terrorism 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 May 2026
Accessed Date:
28 May 2026
Title:
Asbat al-Ansar, including leaders, areas of influence, recruitment, and activities; relationship of the group with the government (2011-April 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 April 2014
Accessed Date:
19 November 2014
Title:
Lebanon: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2025.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 September 2025
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Hezbollah [Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Hizballah, the Party of God], including political participation and representation, military activities and areas under control; recruitment practices, including forced recruitment and consequences for those who ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 September 2022
Accessed Date:
14 October 2022
Title:
Lebanon. Global Organized Crime Index 2025.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
November 2025
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Lebanon.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
12 November 2025
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon. Country Reports on Terrorism 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 May 2026
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Liban : L'Armée du Liban-Sud (ALS)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 January 2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
17 April 2026
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
The Prolonged Chapters of the Investigations into the Beirut Port Blast
Source:
Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Date of Document:
22 April 2026
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Mitigating corruption in the reconstruction of Lebanon
Source:
Transparency International; U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
Date of Document:
12 February 2025
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Extremism and Terrorism
Source:
Counter Extremism Project
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
The date when the law abolishing compulsory military service came into effect
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 January 2010
Accessed Date:
31 October 2012
Title:
Whether a Lebanese citizen who did not fulfill his military service prior to the abolition of compulsory military service faces any consequences; whether a conscientious objector could be considered a reservist who could be called to serve (2010-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 January 2016
Accessed Date:
28 November 2016
Title:
Whether Lebanese authorities keep records on Lebanese citizens who did not fulfill their military obligations prior to the abolition of compulsory military service; whether those citizens can be identified when they enter or leave Lebanon
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 February 2010
Accessed Date:
31 October 2012
Title:
Military service obligations in South Lebanon for a young Shiite in 1999 and 2000; whether military service would have been required in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) or the South Lebanon Army (SLA) during these years
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 December 2015
Accessed Date:
28 November 2016
Title:
Liban : Les anciens membres de l'Armée du Liban Sud (ALS)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 May 2022
Accessed Date:
23 August 2023
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Availability of state protection for people who receive death threats; steps required to file a complaint
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 January 2010
Accessed Date:
31 October 2012
Title:
Short thematic country of origin information report on Lebanon: extradition
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Fourth Review of Lebanon under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR): UPR Submission by the NHRI of Lebanon
Source:
National Human Rights Commission of Lebanon
Date of Document:
July 2025
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon's Constitution of 1926 with Amendments through 2004
Source:
Lebanon; Comparative Constitutions Project
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Human Rights Violations: Insights into the Lebanese Military Court System
Source:
Cedar Centre for Legal Studies
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Torture, an illegal and failing tools of interrogations: A documentation of the use of torture during interrogations in Lebanon
Source:
Centre Libanais des Droits Humains
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
12 September 2022
Title:
Introducing the Lebanese Legal System and Research
Date of Document:
April 2025
Author:
Lara Eid Jreissati
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
The Use of Force in Lebanon: Overview of the Enforced Legal Framework Monitoring and Analyzing the Human Rights Violations Committed during the Past Five Years
Source:
ALEF – Act for Human Rights
Date of Document:
January 2023
Accessed Date:
23 August 2023
Title:
Lebanon. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
23 August 2023
Title:
Playing Politics: International Security Sector Assistance and the Lebanese Military's Changing Role
Source:
Carnegie Middle East Center
Date of Document:
7 September 2020
Author:
Hijab Shah; Melissa Dalton
Accessed Date:
9 November 2020
Title:
Lebanon. World Press Freedom Index 2026.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon. Freedom on the Net 2025.
Editor:
Shannon O'Toole; Tyler Roylance
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Defamation and insult laws weaponized to silence critics
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 August 2023
Accessed Date:
23 August 2023
Title:
Constant Crisis: Human Rights in Lebanon in 2025
Source:
Gulf Centre for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
15 December 2025
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Journalists, Activist Summoned for Investigations
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 April 2025
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Situation of Christians and treatment by society, authorities, Hezbollah [Hizballah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, the Party of God], and other armed groups; state protection (2020–August 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 August 2022
Accessed Date:
21 September 2022
Title:
Situation of Jehovah's Witnesses, including treatment by society and authorities; state protection available in cases of discrimination or mistreatment (2006-November 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 November 2013
Accessed Date:
19 November 2014
Title:
Treatment by society of couples who enter into an interreligious marriage, including when a Muslim woman marries a non-Muslim man; the possibility of resettling in a predominantly Christian region (2014-March 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 March 2015
Accessed Date:
6 November 2015
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his mission to Lebanon
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
30 November 2015
Accessed Date:
7 November 2016
Title:
Lebanon. The Freedom of Thought Report.
Source:
Humanists International
Date of Document:
13 February 2026
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Submission to the 51st Session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review Working Group
Source:
ADF International
Date of Document:
July 2025
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Treatment of Palestinian refugees, including information on identity documents, mobility rights, property rights, access to social services, education and employment, and living conditions
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 November 2011
Accessed Date:
31 October 2012
Title:
Lebanon: Readmission of Palestinian Refugees from Lebanon. Report based on a Fact-Finding Mission to Beirut, Lebanon, from 7 to 10 January 2020.
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
9 March 2020
Accessed Date:
9 November 2020
Title:
Lebanon. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group
Date of Document:
December 2025
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Requirements and procedures for a Palestinian refugee to obtain a travel document; whether the applicant is screened for criminal charges (2005-February 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 February 2014
Accessed Date:
19 November 2014
Title:
Treatment of Palestinians by society and authorities; state protection; treatment of Sunni Palestinians from refugee camps near Beirut by Hezbollah (2012-December 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 December 2013
Accessed Date:
27 November 2014
Title:
Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Source:
Inter-Agency Coordination Lebanon et al.
Accessed Date:
23 August 2023
Title:
Lebanon: Access to Lebanon for Syrians Entitled to Courtesy Residence in Lebanon. Report based on a Fact-Finding Mission to Beirut, Lebanon, in January and February 2020.
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
7 May 2020
Accessed Date:
9 November 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined twenty-third and twenty-fourth periodic reports of Lebanon
Code:
CERD/C/LBN/CO/23-24
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
1 September 2021
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Lebanon: Palestinians. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Lebanon: Access to Health Care Services for Palestinian Refugees
Source:
Danish Immigration Service
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
23 August 2023
Title:
Syrians Fleeing Lebanon Risk Repression Upon Return
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 October 2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
COI Query Response. Lebanon: Information on readmission requirements and procedures for Palestinians from Lebanon with and without travel documents.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
16 January 2024
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Palestinian population in Lebanon: Findings from UNRWA's digital identity verification
Source:
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Department of Relief and Social Services.
Date of Document:
16 October 2025
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Liban : Situation des Palestiniens et de l'Office de secours et de travaux des Nations unies pour les réfugiés de Palestine dans le Proche-Orient (UNRWA) depuis le 7 octobre 2023
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 February 2025
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Follow-up report. Joint report submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee in the context of the follow-up to the Concluding Observations on the third periodic report of Lebanon.
Source:
MENA Rights Group; Global Detention Project
Date of Document:
20 January 2022
Accessed Date:
12 September 2022
Title:
Lebanon: Transit for Syrians and Palestinians from Syria (PRS)
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
September 2022
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
“I Can't Go Home, Stay Here, or Leave': Pushbacks and Pullbacks of Syrian Refugees from Cyprus and Lebanon
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 September 2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon's role in transnational repression
Source:
MENA Rights Group; Cedar Center for Legal Studies
Date of Document:
July 2025
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 May 2025:
Title:
Lebanon. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
7 November 2024
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/lebanon
Accessed Date:
13 May 2025
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Lebanon
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
26 June 2023
URL:
https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/country-information-report-lebanon.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 August 2023
Title:
Lebanon. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
14 May 2025
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lebanon/
Accessed Date:
20 May 2025
Title:
Implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) during the period from 21 October 2024 to 20 February 2025: Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
12 March 2025
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/S/2025/153
Accessed Date:
13 May 2025
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
19 January 2022
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/liban/presentation-du-liban/
Accessed Date:
14 May 2024
Title:
Lebanon. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
URL:
https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report/LBN
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
16 January 2025
Author:
Clayton Thomas; Jim Zanotti
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11617
Accessed Date:
13 May 2025
Title:
Implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004). Fortieth semi-annual report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
9 October 2024
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/S/2024/723
Accessed Date:
13 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/lebanon
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon. Freedom in the World 2024.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/lebanon/freedom-world/2024
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1: Lebanese Republic
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/37/LBN/1
Date of Document:
12 November 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/37/LBN/1
Accessed Date:
21 September 2021
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/37/LBN/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 November 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/37/LBN/2
Accessed Date:
21 September 2021
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Lebanon
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/37/LBN/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 November 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/37/LBN/3
Accessed Date:
21 September 2021
Title:
Lebanon. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/POL1085152025ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Lebanon.html
Accessed Date:
20 May 2025
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Lebanon: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/parliament/LB/LB-LC01/
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Country matrix: Lebanon 2024
Source:
United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. et al.
URL:
https://genderjustice.unescwa.org/extracts/lebanon.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Hizballah. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2023/#:~:text=funding%20are%20unknown.-,Hizballah,-Aka%C2%A0Party%20of
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon: Tier 2 Watch List. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/lebanon/
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/country/lebanon
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Lebanon.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
6 December 2024
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/c4d55c2f-f1b7-4763-8317-1c202b33199d
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2023/lebanon/
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
29 October 2024
URL:
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-hezbollah
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon. World Press Freedom Index 2025.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/country/lebanon
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon. Freedom on the Net 2024.
Editor:
Amelia Larson et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/lebanon/freedom-net/2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
May 2020
URL:
https://minorityrights.org/country/lebanon/
Accessed Date:
9 November 2020
Title:
Lebanon: The effect of the socioeconomic crisis on healthcare
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
19 October 2023
URL:
https://www.acaps.org/fileadmin/Data_Product/Main_media/20231019_ACAPS_thematic_report_Lebanon_effect_of_socioeconomic_crisis_on_healthcare.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Israel-Lebanon conflict explained in charts and maps
Date of Document:
6 October 2024
URL:
https://www.dw.com/en/israel-lebanon-conflict-explained-in-charts-and-maps/a-70415615
Accessed Date:
13 May 2025
Title:
Pulling Lebanon out of the Pit. Middle East Report N° 214.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
8 June 2020
URL:
https://icg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/214-pulling-lebanon-out-of-the-pit.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 November 2020
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, on his visit to Lebanon
Date of Document:
11 April 2022
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/50/38/add.1
Accessed Date:
22 August 2023
Title:
Lebanon: Israel's White Phosphorous Use Risks Civilian Harm
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 June 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/06/05/lebanon-israels-white-phosphorous-use-risks-civilian-harm
Accessed Date:
13 May 2025
Title:
Managing Lebanon's Compounding Crises. Middle East Report N°228.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 October 2021
URL:
https://icg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/228-lebanons-compounding-crisesup.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
Avoiding Further Polarisation in Lebanon. Middle East Briefing N°81.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
10 November 2020
URL:
https://icg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/b081-avoiding-polarisation-in-lebanon.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
Mental Health Atlas 2020 Member State Profile: Lebanon
Source:
World Health Organization
URL:
https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/mental-health-atlas-2020-country-profiles/mental-health-atlas-lbn-2020-country-profile.pdf?sfvrsn=cd1e5ecb_1&download=true
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
Socio-Economic Vulnerability in Lebanon: Impact and outlook of conflict escalation
Date of Document:
4 October 2024
URL:
https://repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/impact/4f2e0635/REACH-LBN_Socio-Economic-Vulnerability_04102024.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Conflict Analysis – Lebanon – National Level
Source:
Center For Operational Analysis and Research
Date of Document:
November 2021
URL:
https://coar-global.org/2022/01/14/conflict-analysis-lebanon-national-level/
Accessed Date:
15 September 2022
Title:
‘Day After' Lebanon: Policy Priorities and Conflict Sensitivity Risks following the Hezbollah-Israel War
Source:
Center for Operational Analysis and Research
Date of Document:
November 2024
URL:
https://www.coar-global.org/download/61040/?tmstv=1733748119
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Peacebuilding and Social Stability Challenges Faced by Municipalities within a Context of Ongoing Crises in Lebanon
Source:
ALEF – Act for Human Rights
Date of Document:
January 2023
URL:
https://alefliban.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Peacebuilding-and-Social-Stability-Challenges-Faced-by-Municipalities-within-a-Context-of-Ongoing-Crises-in-Lebanon.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Containing Domestic Tensions in War-hit Lebanon. Middle East Briefing N°94.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
27 February 2025
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/lebanon/b094-containing-domestic-tensions
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon: Destruction of Infrastructure Preventing Returns
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 February 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/02/17/lebanon-destruction-infrastructure-preventing-returns
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon: Country Fact Sheet 2024
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
July 2024
URL:
https://files.returningfromgermany.de/files/CFS_Lebanon_2024_ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon: Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Civilians
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 April 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/23/lebanon-indiscriminate-israeli-attacks-civilians
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon: Israeli Attacks on Medics Apparent War Crimes
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 October 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/10/30/lebanon-israeli-attacks-medics-apparent-war-crimes
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Easing Syrian Refugees' Plight in Lebanon. Middle East Report N°211.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
13 February 2020
URL:
https://icg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/211-easing-syrian-refugees-plight-in-lebanon.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 November 2020
Title:
Format of the extract of resident's register of identification; whether an individual's religion appears on it
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 February 2007
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=450904
Accessed Date:
31 October 2012
Title:
Dissecting Lebanese Law 293 on Domestic Violence: Are Women Protected?
Source:
American University of Beirut. Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs.
Date of Document:
August 2017
Author:
Fatima Moussawi; Nasser Yassin
URL:
https://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/publications/policy_briefs/2016-2017/20170716_domestic_violence.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 November 2017
Title:
Gender-based violence prevention & Response during social-economic deterioration. Annual Report 2021.
Date of Document:
15 November 2022
URL:
https://www.abaadmena.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ebook.1665135011.pdf?x14530
Accessed Date:
22 August 2023
Title:
Gender-Based Violence: Annual Report
Source:
United Nations Population Fund
URL:
https://lebanon.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/final_gbv_annual_report_2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 September 2022
Title:
Lebanon: Sexual Harassment Law Missing Key Protections
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 March 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/05/lebanon-sexual-harassment-law-missing-key-protections
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
Lebanon: Establish international investigation into deadly attacks using exploding portable devices
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 September 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/09/lebanon-establish-international-investigation-into-deadly-attacks-using-exploding-portable-devices/
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
“They Killed Us from the Inside”. An Investigation into the August 4 Beirut Blast
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 August 2021
Author:
Lama Fakih et al.
Editor:
Michael Page et al.
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/08/03/they-killed-us-inside/investigation-august-4-beirut-blast
Accessed Date:
23 August 2023
Title:
Lebanon: Overview of corruption and anti-corruption
Source:
Transparency International; U4 Anti-Corruption Helpdesk
Date of Document:
8 September 2022
URL:
https://www.u4.no/publications/lebanon-overview-of-corruption-and-anti-corruption.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 August 2023
Title:
Hezbollah's helping hand? Organized crime amid Lebanon's energy crisis
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
24 February 2023
Author:
Laura Adal; Sarah Fares
URL:
https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/organized-crime-lebanon-energy-crisis/
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
A Path Toward Judicial Independence in Lebanon: Parliament Should Support Independent, Impartial Investigations
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 April 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/03/path-toward-judicial-independence-lebanon
Accessed Date:
23 August 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Lebanon
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
30 May 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CAT/C/LBN/CO/1
Accessed Date:
15 November 2017
Title:
Lebanon Joint Shadow Report. Report submitted to the Committee against Torture in the context of the initial review of Lebanon.
Source:
ALEF – Act for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
20 March 2017
URL:
http://www.khiamcenter.org/images/UserFiles/Image/NGO%20coalition_CAT_LEB_ShadowReport_Final_20170320_EN(1).pdf
Accessed Date:
15 November 2017
Title:
“It's Not the Right Place for Us”: The Trial of Civilians by Military Courts in Lebanon
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 January 2017
Editor:
Lama Fakih et al.
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/lebanon0117_web_5.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 November 2017
Title:
Lebanon: Tripoli Detainees Allege Torture, Forced Disappearance
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/30/lebanon-tripoli-detainees-allege-torture-forced-disappearance
Accessed Date:
21 September 2021
Title:
Lebanon: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review Thirty-seventh session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council
Source:
ALEF – Act for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
July 2020
URL:
https://alefliban.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/UPR-Detention_Final.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 September 2022
Title:
Case Study 7. Rule of Law: Support to Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace in Lebanon.
Source:
United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
Date of Document:
March 2021
URL:
https://i.unu.edu/media/cpr.unu.edu/attachment/5178/RuleofLaw_Lebanon.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 September 2022
Title:
“There is a Price to Pay”: The criminalization of peaceful speech in Lebanon
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
15 November 2019
Editor:
Lama Fakih et al.
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/lebanon1119_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 November 2020
Title:
Lebanon: End use of defamation laws to target journalists and critics
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 May 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/05/lebanon-end-use-of-defamation-laws-to-target-journalists-and-critics/
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Attacked from all directions: Media workers under fire in Lebanon's war
Source:
Gulf Centre for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
December 2024
URL:
https://www.gc4hr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Media-workers-under-fire-in-Lebanons-war-GCHR-Maharat-IFEX-report-2024-ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Religious Authority and Sectarianism in Lebanon
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
16 December 2016
Author:
Alexander D. M. Henley
URL:
http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/12/16/religious-authority-and-sectarianism-in-lebanon-pub-66487
Accessed Date:
23 November 2017
Title:
Syrian and Palestinian (in Lebanon and Exiting Syria) Refugees in Lebanon
Source:
Finland. Finnish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
29 September 2016
URL:
https://migri.fi/documents/5202425/5914056/70079_Report_Refugees_final.pdf/add4da0f-b0c7-4473-9811-a6bbbe11f811/70079_Report_Refugees_final.pdf.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 November 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined eighteenth to twenty-second periodic reports of Lebanon
Code:
CERD/C/LBN/CO/18-22
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
5 October 2016
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CERD/C/LBN/CO/18-22
Accessed Date:
23 November 2017
Title:
The Importance of Marginalized Communities in Lebanon
Source:
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Date of Document:
14 December 2020
URL:
https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/201214_Hall_Marginalized_Communities_Lebanon.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 September 2021
Title:
Country Detention Report. Immigration Detention in Lebanon: Deprivation of liberty at the frontiers of global conflict.
Source:
Global Detention Project
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
URL:
https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/GDP-Immigration-Detention-Report-Lebanon-2018-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 November 2020
Title:
Liban : Situation juridique d'un descendant de réfugiés palestiniens du Liban né à l'étranger
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 November 2020
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2011_lbn_descendant_de_refugies_palestiniens_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 September 2022
Title:
Lebanon's escalating conflict: what are the displacement and migration consequences?
Source:
Mixed Migration Centre
Date of Document:
10 October 2024
Author:
Wassim Ben Romdhane
URL:
https://mixedmigration.org/lebanons-escalating-conflict-what-are-the-displacement-and-migration-consequences/
Accessed Date:
23 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon, Year 2024: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
5 February 2025
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2121567/2024yLebanon_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/lebanon/
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
COI Query Response. Lebanon: Residency for Syrians.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
22 April 2022
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2022_04_Q27_EUAA_COI_QUERY_RESPONSE_LEBANON_RESIDENCY_SYRIANS.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
Liban : violence domestique et garde des enfants
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
31 March 2022
URL:
https://www.osar.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Mittlerer_Osten_-_Zentralasien/Libanon/220331_LIB_garde_enfants_violence_domestique.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 September 2022
Title:
Liban : L'Armée du Liban-Sud (ALS)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 January 2024
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2401_lbn_als_161447_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon: Extremism and Terrorism
Source:
Counter Extremism Project
URL:
https://www.counterextremism.com/countries/lebanon-extremism-and-terrorism
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Short thematic country of origin information report on Lebanon: extradition
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
February 2023
URL:
https://www.government.nl/site/binaries/site-content/collections/documents/2023/02/28/short-thematic-country-of-origin-information-report-on-lebanon-extradition-february-2023/Short+thematic+country+of+origin+information+report+Lebanon+version+20230217.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Lebanon's Constitution of 1926 with Amendments through 2004
Source:
Lebanon; Comparative Constitutions Project
URL:
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Lebanon_2004.pdf?lang=en
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Torture, an illegal and failing tools of interrogations: A documentation of the use of torture during interrogations in Lebanon
Source:
Centre Libanais des Droits Humains
Date of Document:
July 2021
URL:
https://www.cldh-lebanon.org/HumanRightsBrie/Torture,_An_illegal_and_failing_tool_of_interrogations_-_July_2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 September 2022
Title:
Introducing the Lebanese Legal System and Research
Date of Document:
April 2025
Author:
Lara Eid Jreissati
URL:
https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Lebanon1.html
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon: Defamation and insult laws weaponized to silence critics
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 August 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MDE1870462023ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 August 2023
Title:
Lebanon: Journalists, Activist Summoned for Investigations
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 April 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/14/lebanon-journalists-activist-summoned-investigations
Accessed Date:
15 May 2025
Title:
Lebanon: Israeli attacks on healthcare providers must be investigated as war crimes
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 March 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/MDE1890622025ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Nowhere To Return: Israel's Extensive Destruction of Southern Lebanon
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 August 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2025/08/israel-lebanon-extensive-destruction/
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Deaths and Displacement in Lebanon: Update on the Human Rights Situation in Lebanon
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 April 2026
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/lebanon/update-on-the-human-rights-situation-in-lebanon-23-04-2026.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon Poverty and Equity Assessment 2024: Weathering a Protracted Crisis
Date of Document:
23 May 2024
URL:
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099052224104516741/pdf/P176651-325da1d8-f439-48a7-ab6b-ae97816dd20c.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 March 2026
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/09/lebanon-israel-unlawfully-using-white-phosphorus
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Urgent call to protect civilians as death toll mounts following brutal escalation in Israeli attacks
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 April 2026
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/04/lebanon-urgent-call-to-protect-civilians-as-death-toll-mounts-following-brutal-escalation-in-israeli-attacks/
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Country Focus. Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
November 2025
URL:
https://www.euaa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/2025-11/2025_11_EUAA_COI_Report_Lebanon_Country_Focus.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon bans Hezbollah military activities after rocket fire on Israel
Date of Document:
2 March 2026
Author:
Adam Chamseddine; Heba Nasser
URL:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-kills-lebanon-hezbollah-attack-khamenei
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Destroying Reconstruction Equipment
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
15 December 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/12/15/lebanon-israel-unlawfully-destroying-reconstruction-equipment
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Israeli strikes on densely populated residential areas killed civilians without warning
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 February 2026
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MDE1806792026ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/lebanon
Accessed Date:
15 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Israel must halt attacks on healthcare workers, medical facilities and first responders
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
19 March 2026
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/03/lebanon-israel-must-halt-attacks-on-healthcare-workers-medical-facilities-and-first-responders/
Accessed Date:
15 May 2026
Title:
Universal Periodic Report 2025
Source:
Arab NGO Network for Development
Date of Document:
October 2025
URL:
https://annd.org/uploads/publications/UPR_Lebanon_2025.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon: Crises Erode Human Rights. Amnesty International: Submission to the 51st Session of the UPR Working Group, 19–30 January 2026.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 July 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MDE1895662025ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2023.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
17 June 2024
URL:
https://webfs.oecd.org/devsigi/SIGI%202023%20Country%20Profiles/MENA/country_profile_LBN_Lebanon.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Gender Alert: Gender and Displacement in Lebanon at the Juncture of the Ceasefire
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
December 2024
URL:
https://lebanon.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/unw_ga_-_dec_2024_v3_high_res.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
The Prolonged Chapters of the Investigations into the Beirut Port Blast
Source:
Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Date of Document:
22 April 2026
URL:
https://timep.org/2026/04/22/the-prolonged-chapters-of-the-investigations-into-the-beirut-port-blast/
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Mitigating corruption in the reconstruction of Lebanon
Source:
Transparency International; U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
Date of Document:
12 February 2025
URL:
https://knowledgehub.transparencycdn.org/kproducts/Mitigating-corruption-in-the-reconstruction-of-Lebanon_ForPublication.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Fourth Review of Lebanon under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR): UPR Submission by the NHRI of Lebanon
Source:
National Human Rights Commission of Lebanon
Date of Document:
July 2025
URL:
https://nhrclb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/NHRCCPT_UPR51_LBN_E_Main.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Human Rights Violations: Insights into the Lebanese Military Court System
Source:
Cedar Centre for Legal Studies
URL:
https://ccls-lebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Report-Military-courts-ABA-March-2025.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 May 2026
Title:
Constant Crisis: Human Rights in Lebanon in 2025
Source:
Gulf Centre for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
15 December 2025
URL:
https://www.gc4hr.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GCHR-Report-Constant-Crisis-Human-Rights-in-Lebanon-in-2025-En.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon. The Freedom of Thought Report.
Source:
Humanists International
Date of Document:
13 February 2026
URL:
https://fot.humanists.international/countries/asia-western-asia/lebanon/
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Submission to the 51st Session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review Working Group
Source:
ADF International
Date of Document:
July 2025
URL:
https://adfinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ADF_International_UPR51_LBN_E_Main.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined twenty-third and twenty-fourth periodic reports of Lebanon
Code:
CERD/C/LBN/CO/23-24
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
1 September 2021
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/CERD/C/LBN/CO/23-24
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Palestinian population in Lebanon: Findings from UNRWA's digital identity verification
Source:
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Department of Relief and Social Services.
Date of Document:
16 October 2025
URL:
https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/palestinian-population-lebanon-findings-unrwa-digital-identity-verification
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Liban : Situation des Palestiniens et de l'Office de secours et de travaux des Nations unies pour les réfugiés de Palestine dans le Proche-Orient (UNRWA) depuis le 7 octobre 2023
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 February 2025
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2502_lbn_pal_unrwa_164642_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
Title:
Lebanon's role in transnational repression
Source:
MENA Rights Group; Cedar Center for Legal Studies
Date of Document:
July 2025
URL:
https://menarights.org/en/documents/lebanons-role-transnational-repression
Accessed Date:
20 May 2026
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