Committee against Torture: Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under article 19 of the Convention - Lebanon

Lebanon ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture pursuant to Act 12 of 5 September 2008.

During the period covered by the report, namely from the time of the entry into force of the Convention in Lebanon to the present date, a delegation from the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment visited the country, from 24 May to 2 June 2010, as did a delegation from the Convention against Torture, from 8 to 18 April 2013. 

The present report forms the initial report submitted to the Committee against Torture by Lebanon. It demonstrates the moral and legal commitment of Lebanon to the Convention against Torture, as well as its belief in the importance of the efforts to end, prohibit, criminalize and prevent torture, as part of further entrenching the human right to a life built on the principles of freedom, justice, equality and the preservation of human dignity.