Minister of Justice calls for the reform of human trafficking legislation

On the occasion of the international day to combat human trafficking (July 30th), the International Organisation  for Migration (IOM) as well as Justice without Frontiers, launched at Cinema City on August 8th the campaign entitled “together to combat human trafficking”.  The event featured the screening of a documentary entitled “cheap humans” and was under the auspices of the Minister of Justice, Albert Serhal, with the presence of several notables.  The Minister reiterated that Lebanon is a founding member of the UN and its constitution adheres to the International Declaration of Human Rights and is committed  to materialize these values in all sectors.  The Minister also said that Lebanon is committed to track down and punish criminals involved in human trafficking as well as effectively protect victims.  He further noted his commitment to reform pertinent laws as the current laws define the nature of the crime as well as the correspondent punishment without taking into consideration how to deal with the victims.  The Minister also shared his intent to create a unit within the Ministry of Justice which would be specialized in human trafficking and which would be a link between the Ministry and other concerned ministries as well as with local and international NGOs. (Al Dyar, August 10th 2019)