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Delays in the adoption of a legal reform concerning children’s rights
19-8-2019
In its issue of today, Al Akhbar newspaper noted that the discussions of the Parliamentary Commission on Women and Children which began last March about the legal reform related to the use of force when handling child custody cases, have yet to produce any results. The article points out to the legal complexity related to law 845 and which is a hurdle to the work of the Commission. Indeed, clause 2 of the said law allows the enforcement of a verdict related to child custody by forcibly bring the child to his/her custodian including the use of forced entry. The president of the Commission, MP Inaya Ezzedine noted that cancelling any clause requires the suggestion of a replacement and this matter needs further discussion so as to reach a conclusion that is for the interest of the child regardless of the custodian party. In a related vein, Al Akhbar also published an article by Akram Yaghi, a professor at the Lebanese University specializing in personal status laws, and which states that the Higher Shiite Council has enacted a decision (number 46) on October 1st 2011 and which brings about important changes related to dowry, alimony and child custody. The author wonders about the current hesitations related to family laws and whether the responsibility lies with the higher council or with the political interventions in the work of the council. Yaghi affirmed that issues related to child custody should be determined solely according to the interest of the child. He further requested to raise the child custody age (c.f. the full article on https://bit.ly/2KRO2pO(. (Al Akhbar 19 August 2019)
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