The worst part? It’s completely legal. The Kafala system is an unjust system that holds in its grip upwards of 250,000 migrant domestic workers in Lebanon, rendering them powerless to defend themselves against their employer and reducing their state to the extremes of a modern form of slavery. International and local non-governmental organizations demand to […]
It is perhaps one of the world’s greatest ironies that the state with the highest proportion of refugees does not actually recognize them as refugees. The Republic of Lebanon has one refugee for every four citizens and has a refugee population density of about 244 per square kilometer (greater than the density of most states), yet it has never signed an international treaty to give these ‘refugees’ any recognition or any rights. There is a similar lack of local law to govern the matter. As harsh realities fly in the face of a purposeful lack of legislation, will the law eventually enforce its own reality or will our current reality enforce its own future laws? Shall these displaced populations one day become Lebanese citizens?
It is perhaps one of the world’s greatest ironies that the state with the highest proportion of refugees does not actually recognize them as refugees. The Republic of Lebanon has one refugee for every four citizens and has a refugee population density of about 244 per square kilometer (greater than the density of most states), yet it has never signed an international treaty to give these ‘refugees’ any recognition or any rights. There is a similar lack of local law to govern the matter. As harsh realities fly in the face of a purposeful lack of legislation, will the law eventually enforce its own reality or will our current reality enforce its own future laws? Shall these displaced populations one day become Lebanese citizens?
In general, the prejudicial treatment applied to the LGBTQ+ community in Lebanon is far more than a simple national issue that should be tackled, it’s a matter of basic human rights being at stake.
In general, the prejudicial treatment applied to the LGBTQ+ community in Lebanon is far more than a simple national issue that should be tackled, it’s a matter of basic human rights being at stake.
No state of law exists unless the judiciary is the only reference for interpreting and applying the law in full accordance with objective standards and criteria.
No state of law exists unless the judiciary is the only reference for interpreting and applying the law in full accordance with objective standards and criteria.