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
NOVEMBER 11, 2009LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: DEATH SENTENCE TO 4 CONVICTED OF COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
military judges in Lebanon issued death sentences to four people found guilty of collaborating with Israel.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a court in Medina sentenced a Lebanese man to death for the undefined crime of practicing
a court in Medina sentenced a Lebanese man to death for the undefined crime of practicing
- OCTOBER 21, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: ISLAMISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACK AGAINST THE ARMY
the Lebanese Justice system issued death sentences to seven members of the Fatah al-Islam group for a bloody attack against the Lebanese Army in August 2008, a legal source said.
AUGUST 29, 2009LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTRY CAMPAIGNS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The Justice Ministry in Lebanon has launched a nationwide campaign this week to rally public support for
- JANUARY 1, 2009LebanonDEATH 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 25, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: PUBLIC MUST WAIT FOR FULL ABOLITION PLAN
the Lebanese government will use television to gain maximum attention for its plan to abolish the death
- OCTOBER 10, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: NAJJAR PRESENTS DRAFT LAW TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar presented a draft law to the Cabinet that would abolish the death penalty and replace it with life in prison at hard labor.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: HIZBULLAH EXECUTED SENIOR ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE
the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa reported that Hizbullah executed one of its senior military officers, Jamal Salah, on charges of maintaining contacts with "hostile elements" in Lebanon and of spying for Walid Jumblatt's Socialist Progressive Party.
- APRIL 1, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA. SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING
a Syrian court sentenced four Syrians, two Turkish and one Lebanese to death for
- JANUARY 13, 2008IsraelDEATH PENALTY
ISRAELI SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LEBANON
a Lebanese military court issued a death verdict against an Israeli officer charged with assassination of two Palestinian fighters.
- JANUARY 1, 2008LebanonDEATH 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 18, 2007LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
a court in Beirut sentenced Lebanese national Youssef al-Hajj Dib to death in absentia for his involvement in an attempt to blow up two trains in Germany in July 2006.