Lebanon
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- May 23, 1926, amended several times, last in 1990
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- there are norms of civil law and Ottoman, canon, and Napoleonic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Majlis Alnuwab)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- four Courts of Cassation; Constitutional Council (decides on the constitutionality of laws); Supreme Council (judges accusations against the President and Prime Minister)
RELIGIONS
59.7% Muslim; 39% Christian; 1.3% Other
From the country
- APRIL 2, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The former head of the South Lebanon Army's intelligence...
The former head of the South Lebanon Army's intelligence wing in Bint Jbeil has been sentenced to death by the Military Tribunal for working against the resistance
- MARCH 29, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Bekaa Criminal Court handed down two death sentences,...
The Bekaa Criminal Court handed down two death sentences, convicting a man and a woman of murder in two separate cases
- MARCH 12, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud asked the Foreign Ministry...
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud asked the Foreign Ministry to contact countries who have good relations with Congo to help uncover the circumstances of the recent execution of a number of Lebanese in Kinshasa
- MARCH 11, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of Lebanese demonstrated to protest against...
Thousands of Lebanese demonstrated to protest against the killing of their nationals in the Democratic Republic of Congo and urged the Congolese authorities to punish the killers
- MARCH 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Republic of Congo has officially confirmed...
Democratic Republic of Congo has officially confirmed the execution of 11 Lebanese, who were arrested shortly after the assassination of Congolese President Laurent Kabila on January 16
- MARCH 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Republic of Congo has officially confirmed...
Democratic Republic of Congo has officially confirmed the execution of 11 Lebanese, who were arrested shortly after the assassination of Congolese President Laurent Kabila on January 16
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A delegation representing several human-rights groups...
A delegation representing several human-rights groups spoke with Speaker Nabih Berri, urging him to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A Syrian national, Ibrahim Issa , was sentenced to...
A Syrian national, Ibrahim Issa , was sentenced to death in absentia after he was found guilty of murdering a woman, Salwat Asafiri, at her home in Beirut in 1998
- JANUARY 29, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Diplomats said that the European Union delegation that...
Diplomats said that the European Union delegation that visited President Emile Lahoud discussed scrapping the death penalty in Lebanon
- JANUARY 23, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Swedish Ambassador Anne Desmorr on behalf of the European...
Swedish Ambassador Anne Desmorr on behalf of the European Community's called for Lebanon to drop the death penalty and asked Justice Minister Samir Jisr to suspend 15 planned executions for various crimes
- JANUARY 12, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Committee for Amnesty has started examining the...
The Committee for Amnesty has started examining the files of four cases involving irrevocable death penalties before passing them on to the Justice Minister and subsequently to President Emile Lahoud, whose signature is final
- JANUARY 11, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Fadi Maraash, 20, convicted by the Military Tribunal...
Fadi Maraash, 20, convicted by the Military Tribunal in 2000 of murdering his neighbor, Aisha Aisha, 19, despite diagnosed as a schizophrenic, had his death sentence approved by all of the authorities - including President Emile Lahoud, who postponed his