This Protection Sector Analysis Report by the Protection Working Group covers the recent developments in Lebanon, focusing on the period following the ceasefire announcement in Lebanon on 27 November 2024 and the cross-border displacement of Syrians following the fall of the Assad government in Syria.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has inflicted widespread sexual violence on women and girls throughout Sudan’s two-year civil war to humiliate, assert control and displace communities across the country. The RSF’s atrocities, including rape, gang-rape and sexual slavery, amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in a new report.
يدين مركز وصول لحقوق الإنسان (ACHR) بأشد العبارات الاعتداء الشنيع الذي تم تداوله على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي في 26 أذار/مارس 2025، عبر مقطع فيديو يُظهر اعتداءً جنسيًا في مكان عام ارتكبه عنصر من الأمن العام اللبناني بحق طفلة سورية تبلغ من العمر ست سنوات، وقد تم القبض على الجاني وهو حاليًا قيد التحقيق.
The Access Center for Human Rights (ACHR) strongly condemns the heinous attack that circulated on social media on 26 March 2025, through a video showing a sexual assault perpetrated in a public place by a member of the Lebanese General Security against a six-year-old girl of Syrian nationality. The identified perpetrator of the crime has since been arrested and is currently under investigation.
This report provides information on incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) reported by 14 data gathering organizations providing services to GBV survivors between January to December 2024.
Since 18 March 2025, the Fataki health zone, located 85 km north of Bunia in Djugu territory, and adjacent areas have been facing a rapid deterioration in security, marked by intense clashes between an armed group (CODECO) and Ugandan army troops (UPDF) deployed in Ituri province.
Nearly two years of conflict in Sudan have triggered the world’s largest displacement crisis. This spotlight focuses on the daily lives of some displaced and pregnant women in Darfur, who face abhorrent living conditions with their families.
Against the backdrop of 16 months of active hostilities and a fragile situation in Gaza, protection actors note a steady deterioration of the protection environment in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
In 2025, children in Lebanon are bearing the profound toll of the conflict that escalated across the country in 2024. A new UNICEF report exposes the deterioration of key support systems for children — such as safe learning environments, and access to healthcare, nutrition, and clean water — leading to heightened risks of exploitation, barriers to processing emotional trauma, and significant challenges to their cognitive and social development.
Oxfam has released a briefing paper Palestinian Women Working in Illegal Israeli Settlements: Dependencies, Exploitation, and Opportunity Costs, shedding light on the harrowing daily realities faced by many vulnerable Palestinian women employed in exploitative and harsh conditions in illegal Israeli settlements, where their rights are being systematically violated.
In 2024, Syrian children continued to endure the effects of the ongoing conflict, economic collapse, and displacement, culminating in the fall of the government on 8 December. The humanitarian situation remains fluid and unpredictable.
يعرب مركز وصول لحقوق الإنسان (ACHR) عن قلقه البالغ تجاه الإضراب المستمر عن الطعام والذي ينفذه أكثر من مئة معتقل من اللاجئين السوريين في سجن رومية في لبنان. بدأ هذا الإضراب في الحادي عشر من الشهر الجاري شباط/فبراير كوسيلة احتجاج سلمي للمطالبة بعدة مطالب. من بين هذه المطالب تسليم المعتقلين السوريين في لبنان للسلطات السورية الجديدة لإطلاق سراحهم، أو محاكمتهم في سوريا، أو لاستكمال مدة الحكم هناك. كما يطالب المعتقلون، وعلى رأسهم المضربون عن الطعام، بتسليط الضوء على الظروف اللاإنسانية المخالفة للقانون وأوضاع احتجازهم القاسية التي يعانون منها في السجون اللبنانية، كما يطالبون بمعاملة إنسانية كريمة.
Access Center for Human Rights (ACHR) expresses its deep concern about the ongoing hunger strike by over 100 Syrian refugees detained in Roumieh Prison. The hunger strike, which began on February 11, serves as means of peaceful protest to make various demands including that Syrian detainees are handed over to Syrian authorities to either be released, continue to serve their sentences or to face trial in Syria. The detainees have also sought to draw attention to the inhumane and illegal conditions of their detention in Lebanon and demand better treatment.
The security situation in Syria remained volatile with sporadic security escalations. Hostilities continues to impact Northeast Syria (NES), particularly in eastern Aleppo and around the Tishreen Dam, as well as in Al-Hasakeh and ArRaqqa governorates.
On 18 February, the Israel Army withdrew from remaining population centres in southern Lebanon, while maintaining presence in five strategic positions along the Blue Line. The Lebanese Armed Forces deployed into vacated areas, supporting population returns.
918,769 people displaced within Lebanon back in their cadaster of origin while 115,234 people remain displaced outside their cadaster of origin as of 12 February.
After a 15-months devastating war, the humanitarian situation remains catastrophic in the Gaza Strip. Most children have lost access to quality healthcare, education, water and other vital services.
مضى عامٌ كاملٌ تقريبًا منذ بدء الحرب على لبنان في ظلّ صمت تامّ من المجتمع الدولي.
لكنَّ الأسبوعَيْن الماضيَيْن شهدا زيادةً مروّعة في وتيرة العنف، حيث بلغَ عدد الوفيات حتّى الآن، وفقًا لأحدث أرقام، ٦٩٠ قتيلًا، بينهم ٥٠ طفلًا و٩٤ امرأة، بالإضافة إلى ٢٣١٦ جريحًا، وأكثر من ١١١٧٠٠ نازحًا.
The past few days saw unprecedented escalation of Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon including the South, southern suburb of Beirut and the Bekaa, with attacks increasing in number and the scope expanding to additional areas across the country, such as Mount Lebanon and North Lebanon. Israeli forces stated that they conducted over 1,500 strikes between September 23-24. The destruction of civilian infrastructure and the level of damage in residential areas has caused massive civilian casualties and displacement.
