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
Lebanon was among the first that signed the Convention on the rights of the Child and ratified it on 14/5/1991 (without reservations) along with the Supplementary Protocol on child trafficking but did not ratify yet the Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.i Nevertheless, in the absence of the political will to promote the human rights situation particularly that of children, children in Lebanon are indeed suffering from many challenges that have increased since the review at its first and second sessions