Amnesty Law

Organisation:

Lebanese Government

Overall Objective:

Disarmament and Amnesty

Type of Activity:

Legislation

Geographic Target:

Nationwide

Status:

Completed

Type of Organisation:

Local Government

Initiative's Approach:

Amnesty

Target Group:

Political Parties

Launched in:

1991

Description:

Issued by the first post-civil war Lebanese government in August 1991, the General Amnesty Law had retrospectively exempted Lebanese war-protagonists from legal liability for all crimes committed before March 28, 1991.

Resources:

Jonathan Hall (2009): Displacing Evil: The 1991 Lebanese Amnesty, the City and the Possibility of Justice. http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/hall-paper.pdf