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
MAY 7, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: COLONEL GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
the Beirut Military Tribunal in Lebanon sentenced a Lebanese Army
- APRIL 21, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDIS NOT TO BEHEAD LEBANESE PYSCHIC
a Lebanese TV psychic condemned to death for witchcraft by a Saudi Arabian court while visiting the country will not be beheaded, his lawyer said.
APRIL 21, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: DEATH SENTENCES FOR TWO PALESTINIANS AND SYRIAN
in Lebanon, military investigation judge Fadi Sawan Sentenced two Palestinians
- APRIL 2, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA 'HOLDS OFF ON EXECUTING SORCERER'
Saudi Arabia apparently stayed the execution of Lebanese former TV presenter Ali Sibat who was convicted of sorcery.
- MARCH 31, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE AUTHORITIES URGED TO INTERVENE TO HALT EXPECTED SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTION
Amnesty International urged Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to halt the imminent execution of Lebanese national Ali Hussain Sibat in Saudi Arabia, after the organisation received reports that an execution is scheduled for tomorrow.
- MARCH 4, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: DEATH SENTENCES FOR 12 EXTREMISTS
twelve Islamic extremists were sentenced to death in Lebanon for terrorism.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: PALESTINIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LEBANON
a Lebanese military court sentenced Palestinian Hussein Khattab to death in absentia for being involved in the murders of members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
A retired member of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces was sentenced to death for having spied for Israel and for his involvement in the murder of two Palestinian militant leaders.
- JANUARY 18, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: COURT CONDEMNS PALESTINIAN TO DEATH
Palestinian national, Rami Issa Abdallah, was sentenced to death by Military Investigating Magistrate Fadi Sawwan in Beirut, Lebanon, for belonging to a terrorist group with the aim of conducting terrorist acts.
- JANUARY 7, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: DEATH ROW INMATES PLEAD FOR SECOND CHANCE
a gathering held inside Lebanon’s largest prison, Roumieh, urged the Lebanese government to move toward formal abolition of the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2010LebanonDEATH 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 29, 2009LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: SEVEN FROM BADDAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERROR
death sentences were given to six Palestinians and one Lebanese after Lebanese Military Investigative Magistrate Fadi Sawwan charged them with belonging to a terrorist group.