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Lebanese Forces and the Justice without Frontiers joint seminar on combating Violence Against Women

9-12-2013

The Lebanese Forces party co-organised last week in Beirut and in collaboration with Justice without Frontiers a seminar on combating violence against women.  The event was held at the Alexandre Hotel on the occasion of the International Day to Combat Violence Against Women.  The president of Justice without Frontiers, Brigitte Chalabian, gave a presentation on all forms of violence affecting women namely physical, psychological, sexual, economic and legal violence.  She highlighted that Lebanon has not yet ratified the CEDAW optional protocol and has not worked towards harmonizing its internal laws with the provision of international women’s rights conventions.
MP Elie Keyrouz addressed the legal aspect of violence against highlighting the current injustice in the laws notably in the penal code which allows for honor crimes, penalizing adultery amongst women only, allowing the rapist to marry his victim, and not protecting women from marital rape.  He referred to the proposed amendment put forward by himself and MP Setrida Geaga and aiming to abolish clause 562 from the penal code and which was approved by the House.  He also pointed out to the law petition to review clauses 487, 488 and 489 of the penal code with regards to “adultery” and which constitute a straightforward discrimination against women.  Finally, he also spoke about the law proposal to protect women from domestic violence which included specific proposals put forward by the Lebanese Forces, stating that the proposal was approved by the Parliamentary Commission, and currently awaits the endorsement of the House soon.
Source: Al-Nahar, Al-Mustaqbal 9 December 2013

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