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Session Six: Law No. 105 and the National Commission for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared

Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify the legal and human rights process through which Law No. 105 on the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared was developed.
  • Draw on the Lebanese experience or the Lebanese process that led to the adoption of Law No. 105 and the establishment of the National Commission for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared.
  • Identify the mission and powers of the National Commission for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared, the challenges it faces, and relevant international standards.

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Quiz

    The law on the missing and forcibly disappeared people No.105/2018 ,adopted by the Lebanese Parliament ,is the result of the participatory process in which Lebanese and international experts, as well as civil society organizations, collaborated ,with the families of the missing and forcibly disappeared committee at the forefront

    The law 105 on the missing and forcibly disappeared people stipulates the establishment of a national commission whose mission is to uncover the fate of the missing and hold and holds accountable those responsible for enforced disappearances

    Law 105 proposes punitive measures for those who refuse to disclose information or obstruct access to it

    The national commission for the missing and the forcibly disappeared will only investigate the case of the Lebanese missing people and will not address the issue of detainees in Syrian prisons


Certificate of completion

To obtain the completion certificate, you must successfully pass all quizzes.

This project including the first 6 modules were funded by the United Nations Human Rights Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa and the UN Peace Building Fund. The 7th module was developed in partnership with UN Women and UNDP in Lebanon with the support of the Government of Canada.

The views and opinions expressed in this work are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations.

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