Document #1289561

IPS – Inter Press Service (Author)

Lebanon’s Splintered Law Wrecks Lives

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/11/lebanons-splintered-law-wrecks-lives/

ecoi.net description:
Married women who suffer abuse at home remain at the mercy of religious courts, because civil law against domestic violence has been stalled for a vote in parliament
Country:
Lebanon
Source:
IPS – Inter Press Service (Author)
Published:
24 November 2013
Original link:
http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/11/lebanons-splintered-law-wrecks-lives/
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1289561 (former ID 263557)

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