The Hall of Lost Steps at the Beirut Palace of Justice. (Credit: Claude Assaf/L'Orient-Le Jour)
Several ongoing judicial cases in Lebanon have seen developments in recent days, from the investigation launched following the arrest of a distant cousin of Bashar al-Assad and the son of the Lebanese “Pablo Escobar,” to a new milestone in the fate of the general amnesty law before the Constitutional Council. Other cases, notably those involving former Banque du Liban (Central Bank, BDL) governor, Riad Salameh, remained stalled.To help clarify what’s happening in Lebanon's courts, we offer an overview of the key cases to watch in the labyrinth of the country’s judicial system.Amnesty law: Challenge enters final phaseA member of the Constitutional Council (CC), appointed by its president Tannous Meshleb to prepare a report on the challenge filed on Sept. 9 by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM, Aounist) against the recently promulgated...
Several ongoing judicial cases in Lebanon have seen developments in recent days, from the investigation launched following the arrest of a distant cousin of Bashar al-Assad and the son of the Lebanese “Pablo Escobar,” to a new milestone in the fate of the general amnesty law before the Constitutional Council. Other cases, notably those involving former Banque du Liban (Central Bank, BDL) governor, Riad Salameh, remained stalled.To help clarify what’s happening in Lebanon's courts, we offer an overview of the key cases to watch in the labyrinth of the country’s judicial system.Amnesty law: Challenge enters final phaseA member of the Constitutional Council (CC), appointed by its president Tannous Meshleb to prepare a report on the challenge filed on Sept. 9 by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM, Aounist) against the recently...
