Establishment of the National Human Rights Commission Including the Committee for the Prevention of Torture

Type

Law

Number

62

Date of the text

27/10/2016

Official Gazette

published in 2016

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

32

What it provides

This law establishes the National Human Rights Commission as an independent body with legal personality, including a permanent committee for the prevention of torture, and sets out its composition and how its members are appointed.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 6/2020 of 05/03/2020
• Amended by Law No. 273/2022 of 07/03/2022, articles 28

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2016. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.