Lebanese Law

A Legal Guide for Victims of the Beirut Port Blast – Available in English and in عربي

The guide – drafted by Legal Agenda – outlines the general principles that underlie the rights of all victims of the August 4 blast, then addresses the central rights being claimed by the victims’ movement in four separate sections:

• Truth and Justice: Outlines the course of the investigation and trial process before the Court of Justice and explains how victims may become parties to the trial, guaranteeing their right to obtain both truth and justice.
• Reconstruction: Provides an overview of the Lebanese state’s plan to protect areas damaged in the blast, and the protections afforded to residents to guarantee their swift return to their places of residence.
• Compensation: Outlines the compensation that victims can demand for damages sustained by the blast, as well as the mechanisms for accessing compensation currently adopted by Lebanese authorities.
• Victims’ associations: Explains the aims and possible forms of victims’ associations.

The English translation is a summary of the original version in Arabic.