The entrance to the Constitutional Council headquarters in Hadath guarded by police officers during a demonstration in December 2024. (Credit: Claude Assaf/L'Orient-le Jour)
On Wednesday, the Constitutional Council struck down the judicial independence law passed last July, sending the legislation back to the drawing board.This assessment is interpreted in two distinct ways. On the one hand, supporters of the invalidation view the decision as an effort to reaffirm the authority of the judiciary, arguing that legislation governing the status and functions of judges cannot enter into force without prior consultation with the Higher Judicial Council. On the other hand, critics of the annulment lament that this key stage of a reform long awaited both domestically and internationally has once again been postponed, eight years after the review of the text began in 2018. More form the judiciary Lebanon takes another step toward abolishing the death penalty The bill was amended several times. It was most...
On Wednesday, the Constitutional Council struck down the judicial independence law passed last July, sending the legislation back to the drawing board.This assessment is interpreted in two distinct ways. On the one hand, supporters of the invalidation view the decision as an effort to reaffirm the authority of the judiciary, arguing that legislation governing the status and functions of judges cannot enter into force without prior consultation with the Higher Judicial Council. On the other hand, critics of the annulment lament that this key stage of a reform long awaited both domestically and internationally has once again been postponed, eight years after the review of the text began in 2018. More form the judiciary Lebanon takes another step toward abolishing the death penalty The bill was amended several times. It was most...
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