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
- FEBRUARY 17, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On February 17, the Military Prosecutor accused 200...
On February 17, the Military Prosecutor accused 200 people of collaboration with Israeli intelligence, entering Israel and smuggling drugs and cigarettes across the Southern border
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, Bananya Nadim Abdullah, a woman aged...
On February 12, Bananya Nadim Abdullah, a woman aged 24, was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to enlisting the help of 2 young shoeshine boys to kill her stepson near Zghorta in 1994
- JANUARY 22, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On January, 22, Military Prosecutor Nasri Lahoud requested...
On January, 22, Military Prosecutor Nasri Lahoud requested the death sentence for Lieut
- JANUARY 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
In 1994, capital punishment was reintroduced as an...
In 1994, capital punishment was reintroduced as an extreme move which the Government wrongly assumed would decrease crime and protect society
- JANUARY 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Laws in the Lebanese Penal Code are based on the first...
Laws in the Lebanese Penal Code are based on the first Ottoman Penal Code of 1840
- JANUARY 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The 1994 law on the death penalty has become the subject...
The 1994 law on the death penalty has become the subject of public criticism from MPs, human rights activists and many courts that have pronounced death sentences because although not convinced of their verdict they had to abide by a law which denied them
- JANUARY 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On May 19, 1998, the first public execution in Lebanon...
On May 19, 1998, the first public execution in Lebanon since the introduction of the new death penalty law was carried out
- JANUARY 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lawyer Seta Kerechekian believes that the cancellation...
Lawyer Seta Kerechekian believes that the cancellation of a law in the Penal Code could eventually change people's mentality, if not by conviction, then by fear of punishment