Human Rights Watch submits the following information regarding Lebanon’s human rights record since its 2021 Universal Periodic Review (UPR), including efforts towards implementation of UPR recommendations and developments in the human rights situation. This submission is not a complete review of all recommendations supported by Lebanon, nor a comprehensive review of Lebanon’s protection of human rights. While the election of a new president and the appointment of a new prime minister in 2025 have resulted in increased government commitments to strengthening human rights protections and judicial independence, Lebanon has failed to make sufficient progress on several recommendations from its prior UPR. These include matters related to justice, accountability, judicial independence, social and economic rights, the criminalization of free speech, women’s rights, prison conditions, and the rights of migrant workers.
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