Lebanon: Tussle over gender violence law in Lebanon

09 Mar 2012 - Civil society organizations demand Lebanese parliament uphold draft law criminalizing honour crimes, marital rape amid religious courts’ opposition.

Proposed amendments to a draft law on gender violence in Lebanon have sparked demands from civil society organizations that parliament uphold an original draft criminalizing “honour crimes”, marital rape and other abuses

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