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
- JUNE 20, 2011LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: SPY FOR ISRAEL SENTENCED TO DEATH
at a military tribunal in Lebanon, Military Investigative Judge Fadi Swan sentenced merchant
MAY 9, 2011LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES ISRAELI COLLABORATOR TO DEATH
a man accused of spying for Israel was sentenced to death in absentia in Lebanon by the Military Tribunal.
- APRIL 23, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SORCERER’S DEATH SENTENCE CUT TO 15-YEAR JAIL
a three man tribunal at the Madina court in Saudi Arabia commuted the 2011 death sentence of Lebanese man Ali Hassan Sabat...
- MARCH 3, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
"DEMOCRATIC" EGYPT SENDS APOSTATES TO THEIR DEATH
a major survey conducted in Egypt and in six other majority Muslim countries found an overwhelming majority in Egypt wanted those who commit adultery to be stoned and 84% wanted those who abandon the Muslim religion to be put to death.
FEBRUARY 18, 2011LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
a Lebanese military court convicted a man of spying for Israel and sentenced
- JANUARY 1, 2011LebanonDEATH 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.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR
Lebanese man Gerges Elias Farah was sentenced to death by Permanent Military...
- NOVEMBER 1, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Lebanese military court sentenced Sami Farhat, Amar al-Halabi and Jawdat el
- AUGUST 19, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE CAUGHT SPYING FOR ISRAEL SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Lebanon, military court judge Nizar Khalil sentenced Ousama Ali Berri and fugitive Salim Atmeh to death for spying for Israel in 2006, state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
- JULY 21, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
a Lebanese military court sentenced former school principal Hassan Ahmed al-Hussein
- JULY 13, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: ANOTHER ISRAELI SPY SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Lebanese military court sentenced a man to death for spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence
JULY 1, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: CABINET AGREES ON DEATH PENALTY AGAINST ISRAELI SPIES
Lebanese Youth and Sports Minister Ali Abdullah said that ministers had unanimously agreed