The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) organized a roundtable about prostitution in Lebanon: “How to Fight Prostitution in Lebanon”.

This event, hosted by the Center for Human Rights of the Faculty of Law, was held on Monday November 10, 2014, at 11:00 am, in the Conference Hall, at USEK Main Campus.

Topics covered in three parts:

I. Prostitution in Lebanon: an Experienced Alternative or a New Form of Slavery?

a. An Experienced Alternative: Syrian Refugees Forced into Prostitution
Speaker: Lorenza Trulli, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – UNHCR

b. Not a Choice: Resorting to Survival Sex during Displacement
Speaker: Major Suzanne El Hajj, Head of the Cyber Crime and Intellectual Property Protection Office

II. Prostitution and the Role of the State in Lebanon:

a. The Vagueness of the Law on Prostitution
Speaker: Judge Reine Mattar

b. The Role of the State in the Regulation of Prostitution
Speaker: Representative of the Ministry of Social Affairs

III. Prostitution and Human Rights: an Individual Freedom or a Violation of Human Dignity?

Speaker: Mrs. Ghada Jabbour, Co-founder of KAFA Association