Research and Policy Memo #2 | March 2011
Partisan Urban Governance Restricts Access to Public Space Fadi Shayya
As well as their many ecological, environmental, and cultural advantages, green urban public spaces are the inalienable right of every citizen.
Dating back 350 years, Beirut’s unique 330,000 m2 park is part of the historical Horsh Al-Sanawbar that once measured more than 1,250,000 m2 . Today the park is concealed from the lives of many Beiruti residents and visitors. Less than 20% is open to the public—with restrictions on practices—whilst over 80% is fenced off with barbed wire and...
Working Paper Series #2 | March 2011
Is It Wrong or Illegal? Situating the Gaza Blockade between International Law and the UN ResponseNoura Erakat
Since the Second Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, Israel has advanced the notion that it is engaged in an international armed conflict both within the West Bank as well as Gaza. Accordingly, it argues that it can 1) invoke self-defense, pursuant to Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, and 2) use force beyond that permissible during law enforcement, even where an occupation exists and to which the laws of occupation apply. UN Security Council...
Special guidelines for “Building Licenses” pertaining to public and private buildings of the urban planning centers across Lebanon
Guidelines no. 2
- This guideline is issued by The Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union, arranged by engineer Bashar Abdel Samad, in October 2011.
Objective of the guideline:
Support the application of the decree concerning the accessible environment for people with disability.
Raise awareness on inclusion of people with disability.
تقرير | كانون الثاني 2011
مشروع الدراسة الوطنية الاقتصادية والبيئية والإنمائية لتغير المناخ (NEEDS) (التقرير النهائي)
نديم فرج الله ماركوس ماركتانر ليلى داغر و فيليب زغيب
أصبح تغير المناخ واقعا مقبولا وتم تسجيل تأثرياته وتوثيقها في جميع أنحاء العالم. فقد سجل مركز أبحاث الأوبئة الناجمة عن الكوارث (CRED) في بلجيكا 39 كارثة مناخية لغربي آسيا منذ عام 1969. وتم تسجيل 12 كارثة في عام 2000 ّ وحده.
This case study book entitled “Cases of Femicide before Lebanese Courts” was written by Azza Charara Baydoun and published by KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation in 2011.
Paper | January 2011
Constructing Security Council Resolution 1701 for Lebanon in the Shadow of the ‘War on Terror’Karim Makdisi
This article argues that the ‘war on terror’ gave global meaning to the 2006 Israel– Lebanon war and to the construction of UN Security Council resolution 1701 that authorized the deployment of robust UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL). It uses a critical, discursive approach to argue that UN resolutions have embedded in them a particular, powerful discourse, in this case the ‘war on terror’. This discourse grounded a global struggle for and against US...
This mission was undertaken between the 2nd and 18thof July 2011 to assess the shelter options for the Syrians displaced in Northern Lebanon (the Akkar region).
Oxfam GB commissioned the pilot study discussed in this report in order to understand further the context that shapes men’s gender roles and affects their behaviours, practices, and attitudes towards gender equality, with an explicit focus on VAW.
Although Lebanon is known in the Middle East for its relative political openness and for the degree of freedom Lebanese women enjoy, it paradoxically has one of the lowest rates of women’s political engagement in the region.
The International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) is a comprehensive household questionnaire on men’s attitudes and practices – along with women’s opinions and reports of men’s practices – on a wide variety of topics related to gender equality.
The brief of this qualitative exploratory study was to conduct targeted interviews with female employers of migrant domestic workers, psychiatrists, lawyers and institutional stakeholders in Lebanon.
The value of exports from Lebanon in Quarter 4 2011, was LBP 2,052 billion. This was LBP 72 billion, 3.4%, lower than exports in Q3 2011 and LBP 148 billion, 6.7%, lower than exports in the same quarter last year.
This study is designed to explore distinguishing features of Palestinians not registered with UNRWA in terms of their general living conditions, with a focus on access to basic services, and their aspirations.
This report is the result of a joint effort by UNDP and UN-HABITAT to gain a better understanding of the various dynamics governing access to basic urban services in the Adjacent Areas of Palestine Refugee Camps in Lebanon.
The report provides an overview of Lebanon’s greenhouse gas emissions per sector, and analyses the impacts of the country’s projected climatic changes on several economic, social and environmental sectors.
This study is issued by the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union in 2011.
Objective of the report:
Launch discussion around social inclusion of children with disability in Lebanon and promote the inclusion criteria in accordance with related general policies in Lebanon.
A- Introduction
As a result of the outbreak of a violent conflict between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the armed group Fateh El Islam in Naher el Bared Camp (NBC) on May 20th, 2007, more than five thousand families residing in the camp found themselves displaced. Although the conflict affected the whole of the country, it’s most significant repercussions and impact were mainly focused on the lives and livelihoods of the NBC camp and its surrounding villages, especially that the communities at NBC and the surrounding areas lack the basic safety-net infrastructure and face harsh economic...
IFI Report | January 2011
The National Economic, Environment and Development Studies (NEEDS) for Climate Change Project (Final Report) Lebanon Nadim Farajalla, Marcus Marktanner, Leila Dagher, and Philippe Zgheib
Climate change has become an accepted reality. Its impacts have been recorded and documented throughout the world. The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) in Belgium has recorded 39 climatologic disasters1 for Western Asia since 1969. Twelve disasters were recorded in the year 2000 alone. The majority of these disasters were droughts (16), followed by extreme...
This report will provide a description of the assessment conducted by IMC’s Mental Health and Psychosocial team in the region of Wadi Khaled following the displacement of Syrians into the northern villages between the Lebanese-Syrian borders as a result of the internal conflic
UNHCR, coordinating the operations in the North along side with the HRC (High Relief Commission) and DRC as its main implementing partner, requested from DRC to conduct a first rapid assessment in the Bekaa with the following objectives: a) To identify existing areas of displa
