The Venice Commission: Adwan’s Proposal Violates Judicial Independence and Fair Trial
Recently, the Venice Commission (VC) published its advisory opinion on the Administrative Judiciary Regulation Bill,…
Nizar Saghieh, lynn ayyoub | 08/04/2024
Recently, the Venice Commission (VC) published its advisory opinion on the Administrative Judiciary Regulation Bill, which was presented by MP Georges Adwan in July 2021 and prepared by the State Council President Judge Fadi Elias. The opinion was definitive, deeming that the bill’s most prominent provisions run counter to international…
Nizar Saghieh, lynn ayyoub | 08/04/2024
Beirut, October 10, 2023 The ‘Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression in Lebanon’ calls on Lebanese judicial authorities to conduct a serious investigation into the assault on protesters and journalists in downtown Beirut on Saturday, September 30, 2023. As Lebanon grapples with a dark economic, security, and political trajectory,…
Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression | 10/10/2023
The genocide underway in Gaza since October 7 is not the first to occur since the Second World War, but it may be the only genocide to be perpetrated overtly and broadcast live to the world. Of course, this genocide could not have occurred or continued, given the advancement in…
Nizar Saghieh | 14/02/2024
Beirut, October 10, 2023 The ‘Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression in Lebanon’ calls on Lebanese judicial authorities to conduct a serious investigation into the assault on protesters and journalists in downtown Beirut on Saturday, September 30, 2023. As Lebanon grapples with a dark economic, security, and political trajectory,…
Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression | 10/10/2023
On 19 October 2022, Tunisia’s government issued order no. 768, which slightly raised the minimum daily wage “guaranteed” to women working in agriculture from TND16 [USD5] in 2021 to TND17.7 [USD5.5]. This improvement, which came on the heels of International Day of Rural Women, is commendable in principle. However,…
Asmaa slaimia | 01/12/2022
Since 2020, justice sector workers have been enduring a “logistical breakdown”[1] that is unprecedented in the history of Lebanese courthouses. This breakdown complicates judges’ work so much that it becomes impossible or ineffective. Every day, judges leave their homes and their private lives burdened by livelihood concerns and head to…
Samer Ghamroun, Reine Ibrahim | 03/04/2024
Caretaker Minister of Culture Mohammad Mortada recently announced that he has referred to the Council of Ministers a bill to punish the promotion of homosexuality and gender transition, which he himself drafted. This step followed a week of social media buzz about the minister’s extreme stances opposing the screening of…
Nizar Saghieh | 25/09/2023
Decades elapsed before the Lebanese state made any breakthrough on the issue of the dues owed by the quarries and crushers sector to the public treasury. These decades not only witnessed health and environmental massacres, pollution of the groundwater and springs, and the displacement of the inhabitants of the…
Ali Swaidan | 08/11/2023
Recently, the Venice Commission (VC) published its advisory opinion on the Administrative Judiciary Regulation Bill,…
Nizar Saghieh, lynn ayyoub | 08/04/2024
تنشر المفكرة القانونية الورقة البحثية التي أعدّها د. وسام اللحّام حول النظام الداخلي لمجلس النوّاب…
Wissam Lahham | 03/04/2024
Since 2020, justice sector workers have been enduring a “logistical breakdown”[1] that is unprecedented in…
Samer Ghamroun, Reine Ibrahim | 03/04/2024
Have Lebanese judges become poor? In this first of a series of research articles titled…
Samer Ghamroun, Reine Ibrahim | 02/04/2024
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Karim Nammour | 03/04/2024
The “Legal Agenda” presents to you the Parliamentary Observatory website, as an open information source that allows strengthening society’s oversight…
The Legal Agenda | 03/04/2024
تنشر المفكرة القانونية الورقة البحثية التي أعدّها د. وسام اللحّام حول النظام الداخلي لمجلس النوّاب اللبناني. وتأتي هذه الدراسة كي…
Wissam Lahham | 03/04/2024