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
JULY 19, 2013LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: AL-NUSRA MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Lebanon's military prosecutor raised the death penalty charge against six militants affiliated
- JANUARY 1, 2013LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
- DECEMBER 14, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: SYRIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAHEL ALMA CASE
The Syrian man convicted in the killing of a young woman at a monastery in the Kesrouan area
OCTOBER 4, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TWO CULPRITS IN CARACAS SHOOTING IN MAY
In Lebanon, Military Tribunal Judge Imad al-Zein issued the death penalty against Hani
- JULY 12, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: SIDON MURDERER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
A man was sentenced to death by the South Lebanon Criminal Court over the murder of
APRIL 26, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: DEATH SENTENCE ORDERED AGAINST 26 SUSPECTS LINKED TO ESTONIAN ABDUCTION
In Lebanon, the military tribunal issued the death sentence against 26 individuals for
APRIL 23, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: 2 MEN SENTENCED IN ABSENTIA FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
In Lebanon, the Military Judiciary issued a death sentence in absentia against a Lebanese man
- APRIL 22, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
In Lebanon, a draft law to abolish the death penalty and replace it with hard labor or life in prison
In Lebanon, a draft law to abolish the death penalty and replace it with hard labor or life in prison
- MARCH 19, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: TRIBUNAL SENTENCES LEBANESE WHO COLLABORATED WITH ISRAEL
Lebanon’s Military Tribunal sentenced a Lebanese man to death in absentia and two others
- FEBRUARY 24, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: 3 LEBANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Three Lebanese were sentenced to death by the Military Court in Lebanon for spying
- FEBRUARY 17, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Judicial officials say a Lebanese military court convicted a former policeman of spying
- JANUARY 1, 2012LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war.