In 2009, the Civil Society organizations formed a National Coalition for the legislation of the Protection of Women from Family Violence. This coalition submitted to the Lebanese parliament a draft law aiming at protecting women from violence faced by the women within family.
The year 2014 witnessed a great achievement for women in the field of protection from violence. After two years of continuous lobbying, the Parliament adopted the “Law to protect women and all family members from violence in the family”. (Official Gazette volume 21 date 15/5/2014 law n° 293).
Upon implementation of the law on several cases that were submitted to the courts of law the judges realized the existence of loopholes in some of its provisions. Following that, many verdicts were pronounced with a view to implementing the law in a just manner.
