Joint NGO Letter to UN Member States on the situation in Lebanon: The UN Human Rights Council should urgently convene a special session to establish an international investigative mechanism
Joint NGO Letter to UN Member States on the situation in Lebanon:
The UN Human Rights Council sh...
On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: A Roundtable Discussion Titled "Beyond Testimonies: Advocating for a Fairer Justice for Torture Victims"
Beirut, 26 June 2024 – On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Tortu...
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Collaborate to Address Civil Documentation Challenges for Syrian Refugees
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Collaborat...
Lebanon’s Roumieh prison has become a disaster waiting to happen, and no amount of visits by senior officials to the facility can hide the fact that the solution lies in actions, and not speeches.
The facility was designed in the late 1960s and nearly a half-century later, its deficiencies have b...
BEIRUT: Prosecutors at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon read out written testimony Wednesday by witnesses who were present near the vicinity of the bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik Har
One witness described in his summary read by the prosecution columns of smoke and flame that erupted...
THE HAGUE: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon holds a second day of deliberations Friday in the historic first international trial for a crime of terrorism, a day after the prosecution provided a detai
“The attack captured the attention of the world, its effect reverberating long after the explo...
Refugees forced to leave Lebanon’s TemninBEIRUT – Syrian refugees were pressured into removing their tents on Sunday from Lebanon’s Temnin after a group of Syrians raped a mentally-challenged teenage
Earlier in the day, Temnin residents blocked the town’s main road to protest the rape ...
A fight that broke out between prisoners Monday at Lebanon’s central prison, Roumieh, may appear to be a minor incident, but it serves as a reminder of how authorities have let the facility languish
Last week, there was an attempt to smuggle a sandwich laced with chemicals into Roumieh, leading to ...
NNA - Pharmacist Wisssam Khatib, who was kidnapped almost two weeks ago, was released early hours of Tuesday in his hometown of Kfar Zabad, NNA correspondent reported. The family is keeping quiet as
Judge investigates explosive-substance smuggling to RoumiehGovernment Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr is conducting investigations into an Internal Security Forces member who was c
Media outlets reported Thursday that the explosive substances were found in a sandwich that ...
While Western countries are debating a Syria strike in the wake of the August 21 chemical attack on the outskirts of Damascus that left hundreds dead, thousands of panicked Syrians are seeking refuge
Several international humanitarian organizations have already warned that the recent militar...
CoopérationUn guide à l’intention des geôlières dans les prisons des femmes« Renforcer les politiques et les pratiques des droits de l’homme dans les prisons des femmes au Liban. » Tel est le projet
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s pretrial judge Friday set a new tentative start date early next year for the trial of the four Hezbollah members indicted in the 2005 assassination of forme
In a statement, the international court said the date – Jan. 13, 2014 – set by Daniel Fr...
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday appointed Daryl A. Mundis as the registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafiq Hariri.
“I am honored that the Secretary-General has trusted me with this important responsibi...
Justice Enquête sur le cas de la prison de RoumiehLa commission juridique chargée par le juge Aouni Ramadan, président de la Cour des comptes, d’enquêter sur les malversations commises au sein de la
Lebanon panel approves draft law on domestic violence AFPMiddle EastA draft law protecting women from domestic violence was approved Monday by a Lebanese parliamentary panel, after years of campaigni
The parliamentary committee’s approval comes less than two weeks after 33-year-old Rula Yaaqub...
Sept organisations de défense des droits de l’homme exigent la libération immédiate de Tarek Rabaa accusé de collaboration avec Israël, réclamant l’ouverture d’une enquête sur des tortures qu’il aura
Tarek Rabaa, citoyen libanais de 43 ans, a entamé une grève de la faim il y a deux sem...