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This report is this first of a three-part series focusing on the current status and lessons learned relating to transitional justice and policing initiatives in opposition-controlled Syria. • Part I focuses on the effects of the departure of judicial and security elements of the Syrian state has had on conditions on the ground currently and on the nascent justice institutions that have emerged in this void (including levels of institutionalisation, Islamic law, and the legal systems currently being debated and trialed in some areas). • Part II examines the variety of institutions and...

The growing influx of Syrian refugees to Lebanon has strained its socio-economic fabric, piling pressure on employment opportunities, housing, trade, and infrastructure capacities (basic services). Tensions between Syrian refugees and their Lebanese host communities have led to intercommunity clashes, and it thus becomes imperative to identify the indicators of social instability and ways to reduce them. A research project initiated by Save the Children (SC) and in association with faculty at AUB assessed the social psychological dimensions of Syrians and Lebanese relations in the Bekaa, Sahel...

During the current conflict in Syria, Lebanon has borne the brunt of a severe refugee crisis. As the conflict in Syria rages and takes on new dimensions the number of Syrian refugees flowing into Lebanon continues to rise.

This report examines the role of gender in Lebanese security perceptions, Lebanese perceptions of security institutions, as well as gender dynamics within security institut

This paper discusses the risk of a renewed civil strife in Lebanon as a result of the Syrian Crisis. It argues that the security situation inside Lebanon could deteriorate due to three interrelated spillover effects stemming from Syria’s ongoing civil war.

India shifted to the side of US primacy in 2004, but since then its foreign policy has shifted once more to the middle. Sitting with a senior Indian diplomat, I mentioned that India seemed to be caught between two stools, US primacy and regionalism. “That’s an apt image,” he said, “except we have not fallen between the stools.” Things are more fraught now, and less clear. Talk of the peace pipeline and of linkages with Iran returned to the agenda after 2004. As US power enters a period of decline as a result of economic trials and two expensive and inconclusive wars, the moment of regionalism...

Research Study | June 2013
Irish Peacekeeping in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) A Historical, Political, and Socio-Cultural Study by Rita Sakr
This study explores Irish peacekeeping within UNIFIL, since 1978 through the expanded UNIFIL after its formation in the aftermath of the 2006 Lebanon war, from historical, social, political, and cultural perspectives. The methodological approach relies mainly on interviews with a number of retired and active members of the Irish Defence Forces, academics, and journalists as well as primary and secondary sources including military...

Research Report | January 2013
Lawfare and Armed Conflict: Comparing Israeli and US Targeted Killing Policies and Challenges Against Them by Lisa Hajjar
The term lawfare, an amalgamation of “law” and “warfare,” is used in reference to various kinds of legal challenges to state policies and practices in the realm of national security. Unsurprisingly, it has a negative connotation among those who oppose efforts to legally constrain state prerogatives, to fetter the discretion of officials in their pursuit of national security goals, and to pursue accountability for violations. This article...

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UNDP Strengthening Civil Peace in Lebanon Project has been supporting the process of the establishment of a national civil society platform on civil peace since 2011, consisting of 10 national organizations,taking into account past experiences and emerging lessons learnt.

In April 2013, Mercy Corps undertook a country-wide assessment to examine the interplay between economic fragility and societal stability in Lebanon.

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ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality, in partnership with Women's League for International Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and in collaboration with the United Nations Interim Forces (UNFIL) in South Lebanon, organized the National Consultation Meeting on May 10th, 2012 at Holi

This Gender-based Violence Rapid Assessment conducted by International Rescue Committee in 2012 focuses on risks and violence faced by women and girls among the Syrian refugee population within Lebanon.

Research Paper | October 2011 A Case Study on Lebanon’s National Strategy for Forest Fire Management Elissar Harati and Hana A. El‐Ghali The case study on Lebanon’s forest fire policy aims to trace the policy-formulation process which led to the National Strategy for Forest Fire Management. The policy represents a successful example of a civil society organization, namely a nongovernmental organization (NGO) specialized in reforestation activities, influencing policy-making through research and advocacy. The mandate of forest fires falls under the jurisdiction of a number of institutions...

Research Paper | October 2011 A Case Study on Lebanon’s National Strategy for Forest Fire Management Elissar Harati and Hana A. El‐Ghali The case study on Lebanon’s forest fire policy aims to trace the policy-formulation process which led to the National Strategy for Forest Fire Management. The policy represents a successful example of a civil society organization, namely a nongovernmental organization (NGO) specialized in reforestation activities, influencing policy-making through research and advocacy. The mandate of forest fires falls under the jurisdiction of a number of institutions...

A series of publications entitled "Assessing the MDG process in the Arab Region".

هذه الدراسة تم انجازها عام 2010، من قبل عزّة شرارة بيضون، بدعم من منظمتي أوكسفام برطانيا(OXFAM) و كفى عنف و استغلال و بتمويل من UNTRUSTED FUND ضمن إطار مشروع "تطوير مقاربات و استراتيجيات العمل مع الرجال لمناهضة العنف المنزلي في الشرق الاوسط".

This brochure elaborates on the achievements of the UNDP’s 4 portfolios in Lebanon: Democratic Governance, Poverty & Social Development, Environment & Energy, and Crisis Prevention & Recovery.

The starting point for the present Report is that, since the publication of the first volume in the series, the region’s human development fault lines have grown more complex, and in some cases deepened.