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Association libanaise pour l’éducation et la formation (ALEF), “Guilty until Proven Innocent: Report on the causes of arbitrary arrest, lengthy pre-trial detention and long delays in trial”, January 2013

Lebanese Centre for Human Rights (LCHR), “Women behind bars: Arbitrary detention and torture”, April, 2015

Lebanese Centre for Human Rights (LCHR), “Civil and political rights, Lebanon”, 2014

Human Rights Watch, “It’s Part of the Job: Ill-treatment and Torture of Vulnerable Groups in Lebanese Police Stations”, June 2013

Human Rights Watch, “World Report 2015: Lebanon”, 2016

Amnesty International, “Death Sentences and Executions in 2015”, 2016

Amnesty International, “Lebanon2015/2016”, 2016

United Nations Human Rights Council, “Report of the Working Group Report on the Universal Periodic Review: Lebanon” conducted on 2 November 2015, published on 22 December 2015

United Nations Committee against Torture, “Report of the Committee against Torture”, sessions held from the 28 October to the 22 November 2013 and from 28 April to the 23 May 2014: see pp.195 to 197 and pp. 284 to 296 concerning the Lebanese investigation conducted from May 2012 to November 2013