MARCH’S LEGAL SUPPORT APPROACH & FIGHT AGAINST LEBANESE STATELESSNESS

As part of the MARCH mission to promote the resilience of youth within its center and foster a more coherent and sustainable peace-building process, it offers legal support in Tripoli. This support is focused on providing legal services and awareness sessions aimed at addressing the hardships that have deprived young people of their civil rights, […]

Promoting Freedom of Expression: The Challenging Censorship Program

In the year 2020, the Challenging Censorship program was launched by MARCH with a mission to combat censorship practices and promote freedom of expression in Lebanon. The program aims to empower youth in Tripoli and Beirut through capacity building and knowledge-sharing. With some activists leaving the country, the Challenging Censorship program reevaluated its approach from […]

Proposed Draft Law Facilitating Registration Process for Lebanese Stateless Individuals

MARCH organized a highly successful high-level consultative meeting entitled “Lebanese Stateless: Challenges and Solutions” in collaboration with the General Directorate of Personal Status at the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to address the issue of Lebanese statelessness. The meeting brought together several Members of Parliament, ambassadors, experts, policymakers, judges, lawyers, and representatives from various local […]

REVAMPING LEBANON’S CIVIL STATUS INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH AUTOMATION

. An estimated 27,000 people born of Lebanese fathers are stateless in Lebanon because their births were not registered. This number is expected to double by the year 2035. . . . In partnership with MARCH’s work with the communities of Beb El Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen has exposed us to a pool of socio-economic […]

افتتاح مركز بيروت الاقليمي للدفاع المدني في منطقة الكولا

LNASHRA تم الاحتفال بافتتاح مركز الدّفاع المدني الإقليميّ بحلّته الجديدة في حضور مدير العام الدّفاع المدني العميد ريمون خطار، ممثلا وزيرة الداخلية والبلديات في حكومة تصريف الأعمال السيدة ريا الحسن، سفير بريطانيا في لبنان الأستاذ كريس رامبلينغ، رئيسة جمعيّة “مارش” ليا بارودي وعناصر من الدفاع المدنيّ بالإضافة الى شخصيّات أخرى بارزة مثل الممثل والمخرج جورج […]

PLIGHT OF THE RIGHTLESS

Mapping and Understanding Statelessness in Tripoli. “This report provides an analysis of statelessness among people of Lebanese decent in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. It starts with an overview of the local context, then introduces statelessness as a global concept along with the relevant international conventions and best practices to solving it around the […]

A LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW OF THE LEBANESE CENSORSHIP SYSTEM

Inform yourself on the legislative landscape that dictates the Lebanese censorship system. Find out more about MARCH’s recommendations on how to move towards laws that protect freedom of expression.