Lebanon Between Weapons Outside the State, the Obstruction of Accountability and Justice: The Limits of Resorting to Chapter VII

Nidaa Al Watan: The decline of state sovereignty in Lebanon has reached a point that calls for serious scrutiny of the political authorities’ ability to implement their decisions, foremost among them restricting weapons to the legitimate institutions. The problem goes beyond the presence of armed formations outside the authority of the state to the institutions’ inability to enforce the law, protect the independence of the judiciary, and hold…