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Marching Together in Lebanon Toward Recovering Stolen Rights
The Committee for the Families of the Kidnapped and IFES’ partner the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities co-organized a march to unite people from different backgrounds to demand their human rights.
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Lebanese Advocate for Intersectional Rights
For the first time ever, Lebanese civil society organizations submitted a joint report to the United Nations that considered violations of sexual and reproductive rights.
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A Lebanon Political Primer
IFES-Lebanon has released the third briefing paper for the June 7, 2009 Lebanese election. This latest paper provides information about the parties that make up the two blocks or alliances in parliament, known as March 14 and March 8.
May 13, 2009
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Briefing on Lebanese Voter Register
The voter register in Lebanon is updated annually. Between 10 February and 10 March, the Election Law provides that all Lebanese citizens have the right to check whether they are correctly included on the voter register before it is published on 30 March.
February 08, 2009
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Briefing Paper on Lebanon's Parliamentary Blocs
On June 7, 2009, Lebanon held parliamentary elections that resulted in a majority of 71 deputies and an opposition of 57 deputies. Each coalition is composed of different political parties and independent deputies. On August 31, the Majority forces held a meeting at the residence of designate Prime Minister Saad Hariri which resulted in a change of composition with 69 deputies for the majority, 57 for the opposition and 2 independents.
September 02, 2009
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Electoral Districts in Lebanon
Electoral districting is pivotal to electoral reform in Lebanon. Current parliamentary electoral district boundaries are based on Lebanon’s administrative districts, or Qadas.
October 05, 2011
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Electoral System Options for Lebanese 2010 Elections
This document provides background information on some available options for alternative electoral systems that could be used for electing municipal councils in Lebanon. The paper also provides an assessment on the impact the choice of system has on the possibility of introducing standardized ballot papers.
August 10, 2009
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Electoral Systems and Lebanon
An electoral system is of key political and democratic importance as it determines who
'wins' an election by the method of translating votes into seats.
'wins' an election by the method of translating votes into seats.
December 20, 2009
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Lebanon’s Local Elections 2010: Elections in the South and Nabetieh
On May 23, 2010, Lebanon will have the third round of local elections. During this round, the elections will be held across southern Lebanon in the two muhafezats of South Lebanon and Nabetieh. This briefing paper lays out what local governmental bodies these elections are for, which are the key battleground municipalities, and the number of women candidates, among other things. Previous rounds of elections were held on 2 May (in Mount Lebanon) and on 9 May (in Bekaa and Beirut). The final round of elections will take place in North Lebanon on 30 May.
May 22, 2010
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Lebanon’s Local Elections 2010: Elections in North Lebanon
IFES has produced a briefing paper on the Fourth Round of Lebanon’s local elections to take place on May 30, 2010. The fourth and final round of local elections will be held in the muhafezat of North Lebanon, consisting of the six districts of Akkar, Batroun, Bcharreh, Koura, Menieh-Dennieh, Tripoli and Zgharta.
May 29, 2010