Transitional Justice Avenues for Survivors of Gendered Crimes during the Lebanese Civil War [EN/AR] - Lebanon

Background

The Lebanese Civil War was waged from 1975 up until 1990. It witnessed successive periods of armed conflict which involved a range of state actors, state, and non-state-aligned militias, two parallel occupations by Israel and Syria, and a string of high-profile assassinations. Amid years of sporadic violence, gendered crimes were among the many crimes perpetrated by parties to the war and are hardly spoken about. Legal Action Worldwide published a report as the first preliminary investigation of its kind into the nature and trends of gendered crimes committed by armed parties during the war. It amplifies the voices of victims and survivors of gendered crimes perpetrated during this period and seeks to contribute to ongoing efforts to acknowledge the varied gendered impact of the war and support national bodies and organizations to deal with Lebanon's past.

Since then, victims and survivors of gendered crimes have not been entitled to any reparations or justice avenues. We, as organisations, must support victims and survivors of gendered crimes in their path of obtaining justice for the crimes they endured and that continue to affect their lives through working on fulfilling their needs and wishes. Hence, six survivors came together, along with five I/NGOs, and came up with four recommendations as to how they would like justice to be achieved. Those recommendations consist of concrete ways to achieve justice and will then be directed toward relevant stakeholders, such as the government, parliament, civil society, and others.

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