Lebanon

There are no regulations or laws that require teachers and lecturers to refer VAWG victims.

There are no gender sensitive manuals for teachers.

There are no regulations to prevent the sexual exploitation of minors. Generally, the penal code criminalizes the sexual exploitation of minors according to the articles 507, 509, 510, 519 and 520.

There are no regulations and procedures that specifically address VAWG in the youth centres, clubs, and stadiums

There is not a specific directorate unit that deals with domestic violence. The law on the protection of women and family members against domestic violence requires a special unit on domestic violence to be established within the Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces to examine complaints. However, the directorate has not yet been created.

There are no government-run shelters or centres for providing specialized services to women victims of VAWG.

There are no government – run shelters or centres for providing specialized services to women victims of VAWG. The hotline is provided by the police, but it is for all criminal cases including women and juvenile hotline and not specialized for VAWG cases.

Legal counselling and assistance for women victims of VAWG are provided by the Women’s Affairs Division in the Ministry of Social Affairs.

There are no specialized public services to women of marginalized groups victims of VAWG.

The government does not dedicate any fund to shelters and centres for women victims of VAWG.

There are no regular and recent public statistics to measure the rate of all forms of VAWG including the rate of unreported violence. The Central Administration of Statistics carries out national surveys, but it does not have relevant data or information on incident reporting. Moreover, these statistics do not cover all forms and rates of VAWG.

There are partial statistics in terms of type, not in terms of severity and frequency.