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Sub-parliamentary committee to study drafts on marriage of minors
9-11-2017
The Parliamentary Justice and Administration Committee headed by MP Robert Ghanem decided yesterday to assign a sub-committee with reviewing two draft bills regulating the marriage of underage children as well as the protection of children from early marriage and submit their report back to the Committee to take the necessary decision accordingly. After revision of the two draft laws and their explanatory statements, and after consultation with the ministries of justice and interior, the National Commission for Lebanese Women and the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering, and after examining the relevant laws, the Justice and Administration Committee found that both drafts tackled the same topic, a statement by the Committee said. Furthermore, the statement added, the Committee discussed the relevance of the draft laws to Article Nine of the Constitution which stipulates that “the State shall guarantee to its inhabitants regardless of their community, the respect of their civil status and religious interests,” while noting that this same article has instigated sectarian discrimination among the Lebanese, and noting that there is no unified personal status law in the country. Every religious sect is entitled to adopt its own system according to the indoctrinated beliefs. (Al Mustaqbal, An Nahar, November 9, 2017)
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