Article 522 of the Lebanese Penal Code is one of the most controversial issues regarding Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) legislations in Lebanon. It states that prosecution or execution of a penalty halts when the perpetrator of a rape, kidnapping, or statutory rape marries the person he has raped or kidnapped.This study aims to examine:
This study was part of a campaign on Article 522 of the Lebanese Penal Code in November 2016, aiming to change the narrative and legislative around SGBV, in order to recognize it as a crime, whether in or out of the marriage, and dissociating it from women’s honour.
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This platform is part of the Axis 1 "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors" of the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women for the future in the Mediterranean" funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, in the framework of the project “Developing Women's Empowerment” labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean.
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