Authorization for Lebanon to Accede to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Adopted by the United Nations General Asse

Type

Law

Number

572

Date of the text

24/07/1996

Official Gazette

published in 1996

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

2

What it provides

This law authorizes the Lebanese government to accede to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, with reservations exempting Lebanon from provisions on children's nationality, equal rights in marriage, guardianship and custody of children, family name, and referral of disputes

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1996. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.