Lebanon

• Crisis and Conflict

  👁 Smoke from a building in the center of Beirut, Lebanon, which has been hit by the IDF after an evacuation order, on March 12, 2026.
  

  March 23, 2026

  News Release

  Israeli Officials Signal Stepped-Up Atrocities in Lebanon
• Arms

  👁 At least two artillery-delivered white phosphorus munitions being airburst over a residential neighborhood in the town of Yohmor, in southern Lebanon, March 3, 2026.
  

  March 9, 2026

  News Release

  Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus
• Internally Displaced People

  👁 Smoke rises from an Israeli bombardment on the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on March 4, 2026.
  

  March 5, 2026

  News Release

  Israeli Military Calls for Evacuating Southern Lebanon

Videos

Reports

• December 15, 2025 Report

  Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Destroying Reconstruction Equipment

  Strikes on Machinery and Factory Apparent War Crimes

  👁 A destroyed bulldozer and other damaged heavy machinery from an Israeli airstrike on September 3, 2025 on Ansariyeh, southern Lebanon.
  
• August 6, 2025 Report

  Lebanon: Israeli Forces Occupied, Vandalized Schools

  Apparent War Crimes Jeopardize Right to Education

  👁 Damage to a classroom in Naqqoura Intermediate Public School, Lebanon, January 31, 2025.
  
• April 23, 2025 Report

  Lebanon: Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Civilians

  Investigate Strikes as War Crimes

  👁 Destruction from an Israeli airstrike on September 25, 2024, in Younine, Lebanon.
  
• February 17, 2025 Report

  Lebanon: Destruction of Infrastructure Preventing Returns

  Reconstruction Efforts Should Focus on Housing, Electricity, Water

  👁 A returning resident to Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon, stands before the wreckage in the city on November 30, 2024, days after the start of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
  

• March 17, 2026 Statement

  Middle East Conflict: No Room for Double Standards on International Law

  HRW Oral Statement - Item 4 General Debate - HRC61

  👁 Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2025.
  
• March 2, 2026 News Release

  Lebanon/Israel: Civilians at Grave Risk of Abuse

  Parties to the Conflict Should Abide by the Laws of War

  👁 A damaged building is on fire after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik, March 2, 2026.
  
• February 25, 2026 Statement

  Joint NGO and Media Organization Letter to the Lebanese Ministry of Justice

  👁 A woman walks in front of charred agricultural equipment, at the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Msayleh, on October 11, 2025.
  
• February 25, 2026 News Release

  Lebanon: Deliver Justice, Truth, Reparations for War Crimes Victims

  Open Letter to Lebanon’s Justice Minister and Deputy Prime Minister

  👁 A woman walks in front of charred agricultural equipment, at the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Msayleh, on October 11, 2025.
  
• February 4, 2026 News Release

  Lebanon: Deliver on Reform Promises

  Justice for Victims of Beirut Blast and War Crimes Still Out of Reach

  👁 A woman walks in front of charred agricultural equipment, at the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Msayleh, on October 11, 2025.
  
• January 12, 2026 News Release

  Lebanon: Year Since Poet Unlawfully Extradited to UAE

  Al-Qaradawi Arbitrarily Detained in Near Incommunicado Conditions

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• December 15, 2025 Report

  Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Destroying Reconstruction Equipment

  Strikes on Machinery and Factory Apparent War Crimes

  👁 A destroyed bulldozer and other damaged heavy machinery from an Israeli airstrike on September 3, 2025 on Ansariyeh, southern Lebanon.
  
• November 13, 2025 News Release

  Lebanon: Hannibal Gaddafi Free After Long Unlawful Detention

  Drop Charges, Compensate for Decade of Arbitrary Detention

  👁 Hannibal Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Tripoli, Libya, June 30, 2010.
  
• October 13, 2025 News Release

  Lebanon: Seek Justice for Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces

  2 Years since Killing of Issam Abdallah; Attacks on Civilians, Media Continue

  👁 Reuters' journalist Issam Abdallah films an interview amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, April 17, 2022.
  
• October 7, 2025 Dispatches

  Lebanon Restricts Education Access for Many Refugees

  New Government Should Prioritize Quality Education for All

  👁 Syrian refugee children attend a class at a school in Mount Lebanon, October 7, 2016.