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so as to ensure the repeal of all discriminatory laws; include
the concept of gender equality in the justice chain to ensure
women’s access to justice; provide statistics, data and
indicators disaggregated by sex to support monitoring and
evaluation processes, and offer the necessary financial and
human resources in that regard.82
against Women stressed that sustainable peace requires an
integrated approach based on coherent interlinkages between
political and security measures, development and the agendas
for development and human rights, including gender equality
and the rule of law.
Lebanon has not acceded to the Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD, which provides for the
freedom to choose their residence and to a nationality, on
an equal basis with others, and that children with disabilities
shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the
right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality.83
Lebanon is also not a party to both the 1954 Convention on the
Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the
Reduction of Statelessness.
Within the same framework, and in accordance with the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action, peace is inextricably linked
to equality between women and men and the advancement of
women. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action aims to
eliminate all barriers that impede women’s active and effective
participation in all areas of public and private life by obtaining their
full and equitable share in economic, social, cultural and political
decision-making. This means that the principle of shared power
and responsibility should be established between women and men
at home, in the workplace and the wider national and international
communities. Equality between women and men is a matter of human
rights and a condition for equality, development and peace. A transformed
partnership based on equality between women and men is a condition for
people-centred sustainable development.85
Second: National Action Plan for the Implementation of Security Council
Resolution 1325 on Women, Security and Peace:
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Security Council Resolution 1325 and the comprehensive Women,
Peace and Security Agenda (WPS) seek to ensure gender equality
and strengthen women’s participation, protection, and rights
in peace-making and reconstruction. The Agenda calls on UN
Member States to strengthen their responses to gender equality,
peace and security and recommends that these measures be
implemented through ad hoc national action plans. WPS aims to
ensure that gender equality remains a key priority in efforts for the
prevention and resolution of conflicts, mediation for peace, relief and
recovery, reconstruction, and programme design.84
In a statement issued on the fifteenth anniversary of the
adoption of Resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and
security, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in New
York in 2015, includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169
targets on poverty eradication, food security, improved nutrition,
gender equality and justice for all.86 Discussions on the United
Nations development agenda beyond 2015 concluded that the new
development framework must promote not only sustainability
and poverty reduction but also peaceful societies, justice and
good governance. States also agreed that eliminating all forms of
discrimination against women and girls was not only a basic human right
but also a crucial factor in accelerating sustainable development and
achieving all goals and objectives.87