Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace

Past Projects

  • International Human Rights Conventions at the Law Making Process in Lebanon
    International Human Rights Conventions at the Law Making Process in Lebanon
    The law making process in Lebanon for law proposals as well as for international conventions passes in different stages. The draft law can be submitted to the parliament as a law proposal by one of the MPs or as a Bill from the government. 
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  • Lebanese Youth Advocates…
    Lebanese Youth Advocates…
    This project suggests pragmatic, creative ways to offer the Lebanese Youth citizens a chance to communicate with their local representatives, an opportunity to speak out loud being sure that someone is truly listening. 
    And this will be through interrelated steps, and aimed activities as following:
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  • Support to Judiciary Bodies: Training of Lebanese Judges and Lawyers on Human Rights Conventions
    Support to Judiciary Bodies: Training of Lebanese Judges and Lawyers on Human Rights Conventions
    The overall objective is to promote better functioning of the Lebanese judiciary system with respect to human rights and fundamental freedoms.

    To enhance the effective application of the Conventions of Human Right by Judges and Lawyers throughout proceedings before the courts, by increasing their knowledge related to human rights concepts and international jurisprudence.



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  • Fostering Democratic Values Among Young Leaders
    Fostering Democratic Values Among Young Leaders
    This project is designed to enhance the understanding of democratic values among youth leaders and increase the civic involvement of school students to consolidate the foundations of democracy in Lebanon.

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  • Hear Us for the first time
    Hear Us for the first time
    Engage as citizens and vote for who runs your local community!
    During spring 2016 Municipal elections will take place in Lebanon. Many voters are positive to finally have a say after 6 years for the first time in who actually will run their local communities. Read more...

  • Promoting women participation and decision making at the local level through community based initiatives
    Promoting women participation and decision making at the local level through community based initiatives
    (2014)

    The project objectives 

    It aims for promoting the participation of women at the local decision making process and for the improvement of women representation and participation at local and civil society level, through Human rights, women rights, political participation, national solidarity and civil peace advocacy initiatives.

    More, it looks for safeguarding the path for women for reaching balance, social cohesion, peace and social security.

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  • Officials and citizens find solutions together
    Officials and citizens find solutions together
    Lets Communicate; let’s solve it! (2014)
    The overall aim of this project is to:

    1-Empower people to collaborate with the elected bodies by launching local debates around common and shared issues; 
    2-Realize the importance of the joined citizen-officials work, which enhance the awareness of the common public interest, leading to a better quality of all-day life.   
    3-Support and empower the joined work of local citizens and officials.
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  • Education and culture of human rights in Arab universities today
    Education and culture of human rights in Arab universities today
    The current situation and future perspectives (2014)
    Project Objectives:

    1. Monitor the current condition of Human Rights education and culture in Arab Universities, especially during the democratic shifts 
    2. Identify the obstacles to this process
    3. Focus on positive and standard paradigms
    4. Precise the deviations that might occur in the world, in the current Arab situation, and in the education of law, far beyond the real meaning of the concept
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  • Everyone Gains:

    Everyone Gains:
    Promoting Women's Socio Economic Empowerment in Lebanon (October 2013 – December 2015)
    This project will target the deep causes of economic barriers against women socio economic empowerment. Read more...