Youth Participation in Parliamentary Elections: A Key Toward Political Reforms
“The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow” said no one but the only Nelson Mandela. Indeed, the role of youth has always been at the heart of revolutions and systematic changes, as we have seen in the Arab Spring, when a group of educated and devoted young...Read more
AOUN TO MEMBERS OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: PRACTICE YOUR DUTIES IMPARTIALLY
Members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) which includes the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), took oath before his Excellency the President of the Republic General Michel Aoun today on 16 July 2019, as follows: “I swear by Almighty God to...Read more 
UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture will visit Lebanon while NPM is still not active
In the coming months, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture will visit Lebanon. The visit was decided during the Subcommittee’s confidential session held in Geneva from 17 to 21 June. “We hope that the Lebanese NPM will be active during this...Read more 
COVID-19 measures must factor in specific needs of women
Governments must ensure women from diverse groups and backgrounds are included in decisions at the local, national and...Read more 
COVID-19: Health care heroes need protection
States and businesses must urgently step up their efforts to ensure that health care workers fighting the COVID-19...Read more 
No exceptions with COVID-19: “Everyone has the right to life-saving interventions”
The COVID-19 crisis cannot be solved with public health and emergency measures only; all other human rights must be...Read more 
Enforced disappearances: UN experts urge States to “stop looking the other way”
Photo Credit: Marwan Tahtah States around the world must act urgently to prevent enforced disappearances rather than...Read more 
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: States must act on ‘disappearances’ of migrants
Progressively more precarious movements of migrants undertaking long and perilous journeys – often as a result of...Read more 
Lebanon violates Convention on the Rights of the Child by detaining migrant family facing deportation and separation
– Lebanon’s General Security has detained a Sudanese-Sri Lankan family of seven, including four children under age 18,...Read more End Systemic Violence Against Transgender Women in Lebanon
Transgender women in Lebanon face systemic violence and discrimination, Human Rights Watch, Helem, and MOSAIC said in...Read more 
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