The book tackles the State-building issue in Lebanon which holds an important place within the political debate between the Lebanese ever since the Taif Agreement reformed the government and shaped the modern Lebanese state in the light of available and possible data.
This book reflects the aspiration of Lebanon’s influential persons regarding the theoretical foundation of the future Lebanese state based on multiple perspectives that intersect at achievable points.
It also provides the theoretical and methodological framework for the State-building process in Lebanon laying down wide options to the Lebanese, where the task of the involved persons, whether leaders or civil society forces, will be to select an option both in theory and in practice.
The University of Notre Dame and the Arab Center for the Rule of Law and Integrity, thank all who contributed to the achievement of this book and are determined to renew cooperation with other academic and research institutions involved in the future of the Lebanese, especially the young generation, on the basis of the culture of dialogue that they had inherited, that is multilateral, open and rational and paves the way for the rapid building of their modern state.

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The aim of the Code of conduct is to govern the roles of CSOs that are expected to grow and develop in the future, participate in achieving sustainable development, contribute to the democratic transformation as well as promote the culture of human civil, economic, social, political and culture rights.
The Code is based on the principle of freedom to establish associations upon the free will of founders, independent from any kind of control by government institutions, with the purpose of serving the interests of the public in a manner that strengthens and enhances the role of civil society in achieving stability and progress in the democratic, social and economic field.

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This paper contains a set of behavior rules that are supposed to guarantee the exercise of a free democratic and effective practice of the workers Trade Unions. The paper addresses the Arab employees, laborers as well as members or non members of Trade Unions. It encourages them to read into the Arab Trade Union State on the basis of specific rules of conduct, and work on the development of the Arab Trade Union movement towards more freedom, democracy, and effectiveness.

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June 2008, Beirut-Lebanon
Arab countries are facing the challenge of democratization, which has led Arab political parties and movements to deeply re-evaluate their political experience in light of the exigencies of democratization.
In their pursuit of freedom and democracy, political parties and movements that participated in and contributed to preparing this declaration assert that freedom to create political parties and practice political action is the foundation and guarantee of democracy. This declaration is meant to be an ethical confirmation of the principles regulating political practice in the Arab World, based on commitment to pluralism, the rule of law, and respect for human rights.

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Within the framework of “Strengthening the Rule of Law” and “Modernizing Public Prosecution Offices” initiatives in some of Arab countries, UNDP-POGAR assigned the Arab Center for the Development of the Rule of Law and Integrity (ACRLI) to write studies to determine whether the existing criminal laws which are in force in the pilot Arab countries (Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Yemen) meet the needs of these countries as well as to indicate their need to change or update their penal legislations to match with modern and international regulations and standards for the benefit of Public Prosecution Offices.

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This study is a reform approach in the service of the rule of law. The subject of this study falls within ACRLI’s tasks in terms of spreading awareness on the rule of law and building knowledge and the need for democracy, development and reform in the Arab States.

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This book is the result of efforts exerted in the framework of a project endorsed by the European Union for the right of Freedom of Association in the Arab Countries, which is implemented by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the Office of Civil Society (League of Arab States), in a regional partnership with the Arab Center for the Development of the Rule of Law and Integrity and national partnership with: the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights in Egypt, the National Center for Human Rights in Jordan, and the Coalition for Integrity and Accountability (Aman) in Palestine. This book is a legislation guide for issues related to the organizations, parties and trade unions.

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This publication comes as a result of a presentation held by Dr Ghaled Ghanem, the president of the Lebanese council of state, entitled “An introduction to the Rule of Law", at the La Sagesse university in Beirut on November 15 2005. This lecture was translated to English and French in agreement between ACRLI and UNDP-POGAR.

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This book constitutes the core of the Media pillar in the project of “Promoting the Rule of Law and Integrity in the Arab countries”. This project was implemented by the Arab Center for the Development of the Rule of Law and Integrity-ACRLI in cooperation with the International Foundation for Election Systems- IFES and the United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance In the Arab World (UNDP-POGAR).

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This study provides an introduction to an important factor for achieving the enabling environment of the internet sector which is drafting cyberspace laws and adopting directives in the legislative, organizational and management domains. Acknowledging the need for regional integration in cyberspace legislation is of great importance to facilitating electronic interactions between ESCWA member countries or at the Arab Regional level. This study contains a review of applicable cyber legislation at the international, regional and national levels. Moreover, it provides a foundation for the specific steps that can be taken by member countries with recommendations, policy advice to enable member countries to assess their legal structures in those areas, and conclusions. The annexes of this study provide a quick reference for determining the status of cyber legislation in the region.

This report has been drafted by experts Roula Zayat and Jean Akl under the supervision of Dr. Wassim Harb for the Economical and Social Committee for Western Asia – ESCWA.  

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This report complements the first Study: “Templates of Cyber legislations in the ESCWA countries”, and comprises an electronic study, which presents a review of the status of the Cyber legislations on the regional and international levels. The study gives examples about the legislative basics and points out the interests and expected challenges to set out more extensive cyber legislations.

The study focuses on the following topics: (A) Data protection and privacy rights; (B) Protection of privacy and communications in the field of telecommunications; (C) Freedom of speech and censure on the Internet; (D) Intellectual Property; (E) E-Commerce and E-transactions and related fields; (F) Consumer Protection; (G) Cyber Crimes.

The report also comprises a study (paper and electronic-HTML) about the status of Cyber legislations in Bahrain and Syria in the above mentioned fields, in order to provide a clear perception about the endeavors made to apply and execute Cyber legislations and the extent of the impact of said legislations on the Economical and legal environments in the subject countries.

This report has been drafted by experts Roula Zayat and Jean Akl under the supervision of Dr. Wassim Harb for the Economical and Social Committee for Western Asia – ESCWA.

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This book is composed of a collection of studies and articles prepared by ACRLI in cooperation with the International Foundation for Election Systems- IFES and the United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance In the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR)
The first study: The Judicial Councils - International Best Practices. Prepared by Violin
The second study: Constitutional Courts, the independence of the judicial body, and the rule of law (international lessons learned).
The third study: Requirement to declare the incomes and possessions of the judiciary
The fourth study: Transparency and the Judiciary.
The fifth study: The upcoming steps in implementing the Iraqi constitution
The sixth study: The contribution of religious parties in the elections and its implication on civil peace in the Arab countries (Lebanon-Palestine-Egypt-Iraq)

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