The Plight of the Rightless: Mapping and Understanding Statelessness in Tripoli-V1.3 Figure 19-Detention Claiming the Lebanese Nationality In Lebanon, there are two types of lawsuits that can be filed in order to claim the Lebanese nationality. The first is a civil status lawsuit filed before the Sole Civil Judge at the civil court by non-registered stateless. A MAQ person whose father is a non-registered stateless, i.e. their grandparent is Lebanese,61 can also resort to the mentioned Sole Civil Judge, either alone if the father has passed away, or jointly with their father if he is alive, or just separately if the father refuses or cannot attend the court. In the latter case, the judge can summon the father to court throughout the process to prove the lineage. In fact, this lawsuit consists of the late birth registration of a person who has not been registered by at least one of their parents before turning one year old, given that the father is Lebanese. This is stipulated in article 12 of the Law of Documenting Personal Status (1951). The second lawsuit is a Nationality lawsuit filed before the First Instance Court62 by persons who - or whose ancestors - have not been enrolled in the 1932 This means that the grandparent appears on the records of the census of 1932 residents’ registers, available at the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. 62 First Instance Civil Court handling personal status cases. 61 45