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Lebanese nationality law governs the acquisition, transmission and loss of Lebanese citizenship. Lebanese citizenship is the status of being a citizen of Lebanon and it can be obtained by birth or naturalization. Lebanese nationality is transmitted paternally (via father) (see Jus sanguinis ).
More generally, Lebanese stateless persons are persons who could obtain citizenship of their country of residence, Lebanon, according to the Lebanese nationality law, but are excluded for a number of reasons.
Lebanese diaspora refers to Lebanese migrants and their descendants who emigrated from Lebanon and now reside in other countries. There are more Lebanese living outside Lebanon than within the country (5.3 million citizens). The diaspora population consists of Christians, Muslims, Druze, and Jews.
19 mar 2019 · Stories. Men and women campaign together for nationality rights in Lebanon. Date: Tuesday, 19 March 2019. Participants in a focus group for the nationality campaign. Photo Credit: Karima Chebbo. In Lebanon, national laws do not allow Lebanese women to pass their nationality to their husbands and children.
11 gen 2017 · Article One of the Lebanese nationality law is very clear: A child is deemed Lebanese if the child is born of a Lebanese father. In other words, the law allows Lebanese men to pass on their nationality to their children and to their non-Lebanese wives, but denies Lebanese women the right to give their nationality to their own ...
However, the law on conditions for the restoration of Lebanese citizenship, which was adopted at the end of 2015, and which allows persons of Lebanese origin born abroad to claim Lebanese nationality, maintains the gender discriminatory nature of transmission of Lebanese nationality.
The Lebanese nationality law (Decree 15 of 1925) contains gender discriminatory provisions that do not allow women to pass their nationality to their husbands and children on equal grounds with men. The nationality law contains safeguards against statelessness at birth; however, these are not consistently implemented in practice.
