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A parliamentary sub-committee approves criminalizing sexual harassment
3-11-2020
The parliamentary sub-committee formed from the Administration and Justice Committee concerned with the draft law criminalizing sexual harassment completed yesterday its debate of the proposal submitted by the head of the Child and Woman Committee, MP Inaya Ezzedine. It was agreed on the final version and its relevant provisos during a meeting which included the head of the sub-committee, MP Ibrahim Azar, the president of the National Commission for Lebanese Women, Claudine Aoun Rukuz, and other NCLW members, Dr. Paul Morkos and representatives from the labor and justice ministries. Immediately after, NCLW called on the Legislature to place the draft bill on the agenda of the General Assembly the earliest to be discussed and approved to the end of criminalizing sexual harassment acts, penalizing perpetrators and ensuring protection and rehabilitation of victims. (Al Diyar, November 3, 2020)
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