The Missing and Forcibly Disappeared in Lebanon:
Introduction of the Cause and the Struggle for Law 105
Webinar
June 28, 2024
9:00 AM
Zoom
Event Info
This webinar will introduce the Lebanese Civil War and the phenomenon of enforced disappearance. Wadad Halwani will focus on the struggle of the Committee of the Families and achievements leading to the passing of Law 105/2018. Carmen Abou-Jaoude will introduce the general framework of the issue from the perspective of transitional justice and the Right to Know. Ziad Achour will discuss the National Commission for the Missing’s mandate since its establishment in 2020, and the current status of the cause and the Commission itself.
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Wadad Halwani
The founder and president(1982-present) of the Committee of the Families of the Kidnapped and Disappeared in Lebanon. Through 36 years of activism and several national campaigns, the committee, with the support of local and international advocates, has successfully secured the passage of Law No. 105 (dated 30/11/2018) concerning the kidnapped and forcibly disappeared. She is a member of the "National Commission for the Disappeared and Forcibly Disappeared," established by the aforementioned law. As a representative of the families, she remains committed to continuing the struggle to activate the work of this commission to uncover the fate of all the disappeared and forcibly disappeared individuals. She is a co-founder of the International Network of Victims and Survivors of Serious Human Rights Violations "INOVAS." She is also a General Assembly member of the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE).
Carmen Hassoun Abou Jaoudé
Political scientist with over 13 years of policy and academic experience in the field of human rights and transitional justice. She worked between 2011 and 2015 with the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) as head of its office in Beirut. She was appointed in 2020 as a member of the National Commission for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared. She is currently a lecturer in conflict resolution and transitional justice at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the University Saint-Joseph of Beirut (USJ). Her field of research focuses on Lebanon’s post-war memory, transitional justice, and the issue of missing persons.
Ziad Achour
Vice-President of the National Commission for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared and a Professor of Public Law at the Lebanese University.