Lebanon: “The Country is Dissolving and No One Cares”: Surging Need and Crashing Support for Social Security During Lebanon’s Economic Crisis

This report examines the impact of Lebanon’s financial and economic crisis on people’s right to social security. Rather than shoring up this crucial right when people desperately needed support, the government of Lebanon let the little support that did exist collapse. The government of Lebanon should work to establish a universal social protection system that becomes capable of supporting people through the different contingencies and risks they will face in the normal course of a lifetime, as well as through the crises that continue to disrupt and devastate their lives.

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