The eleventh quarter, covering September through November 2025, unfolded amid persistent economic strain, insecurity, and social fragility across Lebanon, further compounded by the ongoing impacts of Israeli attacks. Economic hardship remained the primary concern, driven by rising costs, low incomes, limited job opportunities, and unequal aid distribution, disproportionately affecting vulnerable groups and contributing to issues [...]
Lebanon’s severe water crisis stems less from natural scarcity than from years of mismanagement, fragmented governance, and institutional neglect, exacerbated by conflict and climate pressures. As infrastructure deteriorates and unregulated water markets expand, access to water has become costly, unsafe, and deeply unequal, disproportionately affecting low-income communities and refugees while eroding trust in the state. [...]
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Between June and August 2025, Lebanon faced deepening socio-economic instability and insecurity, as reported by CPT participants across all regions. Economic hardship remained the most pressing concern, with rising prices, stagnant wages, and limited employment driving families into poverty. Many struggled to afford essential services like food, rent, and healthcare, while deteriorating public education led [...]
As part of the MENA Child Rights Initiative, led by the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), ALEF has been monitoring and documenting instances of institutional violence against children. The findings of ALEF’s monitoring efforts are consolidated into monitoring reports. This report is the first of the series and covers the year between January 1 to [...]
This submission is presented for consideration as part of the Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Report. It includes a summary of the human rights conditions in Lebanon along with recommendations on how the Lebanese government can improve these conditions and put an end to violations.Joint Submission by:ALEF – Act for Human RightsLebanese Center for Human Rights [...]
This submission is presented for consideration as part of the Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Report. It includes a summary of the human rights conditions in Lebanon along with recommendations on how the Lebanese government can improve these conditions and put an end to violations.This report is submitted by the following NGOs members of the WG [...]
This submission is presented for consideration as part of the Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Report. It includes a summary of the human rights conditions in Lebanon along with recommendations on how the Lebanese government can improve these conditions and put an end to violations.Joint Submission by:ALEF - Act for Human RightsAnti-Racism Movement – ARMCedar Centre [...]
This report, prepared by ALEF – Act for Human Rights (ALEF), examines violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) committed during the armed conflict between the State of Israel and Hezbollah. The conflict, which erupted as a regional extension of hostilities following Hamas’ October 7th attacks and Israel’s retaliation in [...]
The Lebanese public institutions are facing the gravest crisis and most important milestone for forging a reformist process. Lebanon’s judiciary, as a power and an institution, is marked by political interference, institutional paralysis, and widespread erosion of public trust. Weakened trust, combined with low judicial morale, has peaked following the financial crisis and the Beirut [...]
