{"id":3631,"date":"2026-09-25T08:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/?p=3631"},"modified":"2026-09-25T08:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:57:07","slug":"following-up-on-the-legislative-process-of-the-law-criminalizing-child-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/following-up-on-the-legislative-process-of-the-law-criminalizing-child-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Up on the Legislative Process of the Law Criminalizing Child Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of the \u201cNot Before 18\u201d campaign, RDFL continues its series of meetings with members of Parliament to follow up on the legislative process of the law criminalizing child marriage, and to push for its referral to the Joint Parliamentary Committees, leading to its discussion in the General Assembly.<\/p>\n

The meetings included the office of Deputy Speaker of Parliament Elias Bou Saab, MP Michel Moussa, and Director General of Foreign Affairs at the Parliament Christine Maalouf.<\/p>\n

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As part of the \u201cNot Before 18\u201d campaign, RDFL continues its series of meetings with members of Parliament to follow up on the legislative process of the law criminalizing child marriage, and to push for its referral to the Joint Parliamentary Committees, leading to its discussion in the General Assembly. The meetings included the office …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled-design.png?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa0Zsl-Wz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2316,"url":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/rdfl-attends-the-second-session-to-discuss-the-law-criminalizing-child-marriage-in-the-parliamentary-human-rights-committee\/","url_meta":{"origin":3631,"position":0},"title":"RDFL attends the second session to discuss the law criminalizing child marriage in the parliamentary Human Rights Committee","date":"July 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"RDFL attended today the second session to discuss the law on determining the marriage age and criminalizing the marriage of children in Lebanon in the parliamentary Human Rights Committee chaired by MP Michel Moussa, which was prepared by RDFL with a committee of specialists to protect children from early marriage,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/355331730_640985074722721_6779325882044224183_n.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2419,"url":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/national-dialogue-workshop-on-the-legislative-path-of-the-marriage-age-determination-law\/","url_meta":{"origin":3631,"position":1},"title":"National dialogue workshop on ‘The legislative process of the law on determination the legal age for marriage in Lebanon’","date":"October 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A national dialogue workshop on 'the legislative process of the law on determination the legal age for marriage in Lebanon' was organized by the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering in partnership with the General Secretariat of the Parliament and the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights in the Parliament, with the presence\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/c3RwPWRzdC1qcGdfZTM1X3MxMDgweDEwODAmX25jX2h0PXNjb250ZW50LWNkZzQtMS5jZG5pbnN0YWdyYW0uY29tJl9uY19jYXQ9MTA1Jl9uY19vaGM9Y0k4SDd.jpeg?fit=1080%2C608&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3119,"url":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/3119-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3631,"position":2},"title":"RDFL Meets with MP Antoine Habchi to Follow Up on the Draft Law Criminalizing Child Marriage","date":"June 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of our ongoing parliamentary meetings to follow up on the progress of the law to set a minimum age for marriage and criminalize child marriage, a delegation from RDFL met with MP Antoine Habchi. 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