Lebanon Approves Amendments to General Amnesty Law with Reduced Sentences

Lebanon has passed amendments to its general amnesty legislation that establish new sentencing frameworks for various categories of offenders.

Under the amended law, death sentences are being commuted to 28 years of imprisonment. Life sentences face reduction to 18 years in prison. Detainees who have not yet been convicted will serve 14 years. The legislation also mandates that all penalties be reduced to one-third of their original terms.

For those who have been deported, the amendments incorporate and enforce the provisions of Law 194, which was enacted in 2011.

The changes represent a significant shift in how Lebanon's justice system handles sentencing under amnesty provisions, affecting multiple categories of individuals within the criminal justice system.