Lebanon: Discrimination against Palestinians must end without delay [Arabic]

Summary: The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) released its concluding observations on Lebanon’s implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 2 June, following its examination of the country’s third periodic report in May. The CRC expressed its concern over “the persistent de facto discrimination faced by… Palestinian children…” as well as other vulnerable groups, “especially with regard to their access to adequate social and health services and educational facilities.”