What Did the State Do in April 2024? Published: 15 July 2024 paper Explore the monthly memo for an in-depth overview of the Lebanese State's legislative activity in April 2024 by our partner The Policy Initiative. Have a look at the infographics. In April 2024, the Lebanese State issued 101 legislative texts, yet none introduced the much-needed reforms.
Why did Lebanon’s Parliamentary “Change Bloc” Collapse? Published: 30 April 2024 "The 'Change Bloc' in Lebanon's Parliament, formed following the May 2022 parliamentary elections, encountered significant hurdles, including internal divisions and strategic disagreements, eventually leading to its collapse. This report unveils the main factors behind this downfall through highlighting the differences in their political visions and exploring how these challenges impacted the bloc's cohesion and effectiveness. By Nadim El Kak
The survivors of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria need support! Published: 27 February 2023 Appeal Help knows no borders. There are many people who are willing to take in survivors of the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey. Medical support in the stricken areas is desperately needed. But this will require support at political level. By Imme Scholz and Jan Philipp Albrecht
Anne Klein Women's Award 2023 to Joumana Seif Published: 7 December 2022 Press Release Anne Klein Women's Award 2023 to Joumana Seif, lawyer and co-founder of the Syrian Women's Network from Damascus, Syria
From a human rights defender to a women's rights activist Published: 7 December 2022 Portrait Syrian lawyer Joumana Seif is the 2023 Anne Klein Women's Laureate. She strives for the political participation of women and the recognition of gender-based violence as a crime against humanity as well as its punishment. Kristin Helberg describes her journey from Damascus to Berlin. By Kristin Helberg
Statement of the jury: The Anne Klein Women’s Award 2023 Published: 7 December 2022 Statement The Anne Klein Women’s Award 2023 goes to Joumana Seif, lawyer, a human and women‛s rights activist, born in 1970 in Damascus, Syria. She spent the past years living in forced exile in Berlin. Since 2001, she has been courageously active in her fight for and commitment to women’s rights. For her, women's rights are human rights. It is thanks to activists like her that sexualized violence has been classified as a systematically used weapon of war and that it can be legally prosecuted and sentenced in international proceedings as a crime against humanity.
Lawyer Joumana Seif Published: 7 December 2022 Short Biography Joumana Seif is a Syrian lawyer and a feminist. She is a legal advisor in International Crimes and Accountability program at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), with a particular focus on Syria and sexual and gender-based violence. She worked on the al-Khatib trial before the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz by closely supporting the survivors.
Lebanese Parliamentary Elections 2022 – What should international observers know? Published: 24 March 2022 Executive Summary What is the role of an observation mission and why is it important to ensure a transparent and democratic path towards elections. International election observation missions must execute their work in line with a country’s constitutional provisions and electoral laws, and within international and regional democratic and human rights instruments, making the intervention necessary, especially in cases where people are victimized and living under dire conditions due to state failure, and where the course of electoral process seems to be at risk. By Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE)