{"id":3396,"date":"2025-09-14T09:34:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/archives\/3396"},"modified":"2025-09-14T09:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:46:58","slug":"%d9%82%d8%b6%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%aa-%d9%87%d8%a7%d9%8a%d9%84%d9%88-%d9%88%d8%a5%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b5%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%85%d8%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396","title":{"rendered":"The Case of Meseret Hailu and the Reclassification of Domestic Work as Modern-Day Slavery in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"386\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/thebadil.com\/analysis\/lebanons-slave-trade-recasting-migrant-domestic-work-in-the-courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report by the Alternative Policy Institute (API)<\/a> indicates that the course of the kafala system in Lebanon may be shifting after former Ethiopian domestic worker Meseret Hailu filed a lawsuit against her employer and the recruitment agency on charges of slavery and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"423\">Hailu, who worked in Lebanon for nearly a decade, was, according to her testimony, subjected to harsh conditions that included being denied her wages, working long hours without rest, having her passport confiscated, physical abuse, and being cut off from contact with her family. <a href=\"https:\/\/legalactionworldwide.org\/accountability-rule-of-law\/law-files-groundbreaking-case-on-behalf-of-migrant-domestic-worker-in-lebanon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These violations led her to demand that her experience be recognized as a form of modern-day slavery,<\/a> not merely a conventional labor dispute.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"804\">The kafala system emerged as a mechanism to regulate foreign labor in the Gulf region after the abolition of slavery, tying the legal status of migrant workers entirely to their employer in the host country. In Lebanon, this principle was reinforced by the 1962 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.refworld.org\/legal\/decreees\/natlegbod\/1962\/en\/74385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreigners Law, while Article 7 of the 1946 Labor Law<\/a> explicitly excluded domestic work from basic labor protections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-sm:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"7b5f7086-85db-46a4-8472-6d5a6fac4aa1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"722\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2010\/09\/16\/without-protection\/how-lebanese-justice-system-fails-migrant-domestic-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 2009 Standard Unified Contract<\/a> provides migrant domestic workers with some basic protections, such as a monthly salary, one weekly day off, paid sick leave, health insurance, and set working hours. However, the contract clearly favors employers when it comes to termination of service: workers are only allowed to terminate their contracts if they can prove physical violence or sexual assault. The contract also does not address the issue of passport confiscation. In practice, workers cannot leave or change their employer without the employer\u2019s consent. Moreover, they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/07\/27\/lebanon-abolish-kafala-sponsorship-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">excluded from labor law protections,<\/a> such as minimum wage, regulated working hours, weekly rest days, overtime pay, and the right to unionize.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"220\">The case was reopened in March 2025 following the intervention of the Public Prosecutor in Mount Lebanon, and it is expected to set a legal precedent that could lead to the first-ever trial related to slavery in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"500\">The case highlights the contradictions in Lebanon\u2019s international commitments, as the kafala system violates several international covenants and International Labour Organization conventions. Meanwhile, Lebanon has not ratified the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"756\">Advocates for domestic workers\u2019 rights believe this case could lay the foundation for judicial recognition that the kafala system constitutes a form of legalized slavery, making it possible to prosecute such practices under the 2011 Anti-Trafficking Law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report by the Alternative Policy Institute (API) indicates that the course of the kafala system in Lebanon may be shifting after former Ethiopian domestic worker Meseret Hailu filed a lawsuit against her employer and the recruitment agency on charges of slavery and human trafficking. Hailu, who worked in Lebanon for nearly a decade, was, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-en"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Case of Meseret Hailu and the Reclassification of Domestic Work as Modern-Day Slavery in Lebanon | National Human Rights Commission - Lebanon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Case of Meseret Hailu and the Reclassification of Domestic Work as Modern-Day Slavery in Lebanon | National Human Rights Commission - Lebanon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A report by the Alternative Policy Institute (API) indicates that the course of the kafala system in Lebanon may be shifting after former Ethiopian domestic worker Meseret Hailu filed a lawsuit against her employer and the recruitment agency on charges of slavery and human trafficking. Hailu, who worked in Lebanon for nearly a decade, was, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Human Rights Commission - Lebanon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NHRCLB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nhrclb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-14T09:34:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-14T09:46:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LAW_Lebanon_Meseret.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"NHRCLB\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nhrclb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nhrclb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"NHRCLB\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"NHRCLB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bcb35210564d89b3fafa40dbc39320bf\"},\"headline\":\"The Case of Meseret Hailu and the Reclassification of Domestic Work as Modern-Day Slavery in Lebanon\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-14T09:34:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-14T09:46:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396\"},\"wordCount\":405,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/LAW_Lebanon_Meseret.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396\",\"name\":\"The Case of Meseret Hailu and the Reclassification of Domestic Work as Modern-Day Slavery in Lebanon | National Human Rights Commission - Lebanon\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/LAW_Lebanon_Meseret.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-14T09:34:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-14T09:46:58+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/LAW_Lebanon_Meseret.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/LAW_Lebanon_Meseret.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":640,\"caption\":\"The organization Legal Action Worldwide is pursuing the case on behalf of the Ethiopian Meseret Hailu, a former domestic worker in Lebanon, who gave her testimony before the judiciary on May 27, 2025.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/3396#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Case of Meseret Hailu and the Reclassification of Domestic Work as Modern-Day Slavery in Lebanon\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\",\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 - \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\",\"description\":\"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u062d\u0645\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u062a\u0639\u0632\u064a\u0632 \u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628 \u0645\u0646\u0634\u0627\u0629 \u0628\u0645\u0648\u062c\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0646 62\\\/ 2016\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0636\u0645\u0646\u0629 \u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628 - \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0647\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0636\u0645\u0646\u0629 \u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628 - \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/NHRC-CPT-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/NHRC-CPT-Logo.png\",\"width\":1017,\"height\":761,\"caption\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0636\u0645\u0646\u0629 \u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628 - \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NHRCLB\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/nhrclb\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/nhrc_lb\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@lebanonsnhrccpt2364\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/145354751@N08\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bcb35210564d89b3fafa40dbc39320bf\",\"name\":\"NHRCLB\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df8370662af0ee03068dbccb0dedb52c94e2b06a615ffac8e71258ebe6faa37d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df8370662af0ee03068dbccb0dedb52c94e2b06a615ffac8e71258ebe6faa37d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df8370662af0ee03068dbccb0dedb52c94e2b06a615ffac8e71258ebe6faa37d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"NHRCLB\"},\"description\":\"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0644\u0629 \u0645\u0646\u0634\u0623\u0629 \u0628\u0645\u0648\u062c\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0646 62\\\/ 2016\u060c \u062a\u062a\u0636\u0645\u0646 \u0622\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628 (\u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628) \u0639\u0645\u0644\u0627\u064b \u0628\u0623\u062d\u0643\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0646 \u0631\u0642\u0645 12\\\/ 2008 (\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0627\u062f\u0642\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0631\u0648\u062a\u0648\u0643\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u062a\u064a\u0627\u0631\u064a \u0644\u0627\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0642\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646\u0627\u0647\u0636\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628). An independent national institution established under Law No. 62\\\/2016, which includes a National Preventive Mechanism against torture (the Committee for the Prevention of Torture), in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 12\\\/2008 (ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture). Une institution nationale ind\u00e9pendante \u00e9tablie en vertu de la loi n\u00b0 62\\\/2016, qui comprend un m\u00e9canisme national de pr\u00e9vention de la torture (le Comit\u00e9 pour la pr\u00e9vention de la torture), conform\u00e9ment aux dispositions de la loi n\u00b0 12\\\/2008 (ratifiant le Protocole facultatif se rapportant \u00e0 la Convention contre la torture).\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/nhrclb\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/nhrc_lb\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/nhrclb\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/nhrclb\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCDxi0DJVqYSNfc06GleK8ig\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tumblr.com\\\/nhrclb\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nhrclb.org\\\/en\\\/archives\\\/author\\\/admin2024\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Case of Meseret Hailu and the Reclassification of Domestic Work as Modern-Day Slavery in Lebanon | National Human Rights Commission - Lebanon","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Case of Meseret Hailu and the Reclassification of Domestic Work as Modern-Day Slavery in Lebanon | National Human Rights Commission - Lebanon","og_description":"A report by the Alternative Policy Institute (API) indicates that the course of the kafala system in Lebanon may be shifting after former Ethiopian domestic worker Meseret Hailu filed a lawsuit against her employer and the recruitment agency on charges of slavery and human trafficking. Hailu, who worked in Lebanon for nearly a decade, was, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396","og_site_name":"National Human Rights Commission - Lebanon","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NHRCLB","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nhrclb\/","article_published_time":"2025-09-14T09:34:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-14T09:46:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LAW_Lebanon_Meseret.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"NHRCLB","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nhrclb","twitter_site":"@nhrclb","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"NHRCLB","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396"},"author":{"name":"NHRCLB","@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en#\/schema\/person\/bcb35210564d89b3fafa40dbc39320bf"},"headline":"The Case of Meseret Hailu and the Reclassification of Domestic Work as Modern-Day Slavery in Lebanon","datePublished":"2025-09-14T09:34:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-14T09:46:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396"},"wordCount":405,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LAW_Lebanon_Meseret.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396","url":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396","name":"The Case of Meseret Hailu and the Reclassification of Domestic Work as Modern-Day Slavery in Lebanon | National Human Rights Commission - Lebanon","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LAW_Lebanon_Meseret.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-14T09:34:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-14T09:46:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LAW_Lebanon_Meseret.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LAW_Lebanon_Meseret.jpg","width":960,"height":640,"caption":"The organization Legal Action Worldwide is pursuing the case on behalf of the Ethiopian Meseret Hailu, a former domestic worker in Lebanon, who gave her testimony before the judiciary on May 27, 2025."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/3396#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629","item":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Case of Meseret Hailu and the Reclassification of Domestic Work as Modern-Day Slavery in Lebanon"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en#website","url":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en","name":"\u0627\u0644\u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 - \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646","description":"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u062d\u0645\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u062a\u0639\u0632\u064a\u0632 \u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628 \u0645\u0646\u0634\u0627\u0629 \u0628\u0645\u0648\u062c\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0646 62\/ 2016","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en#organization"},"alternateName":"\u0627\u0644\u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0636\u0645\u0646\u0629 \u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628 - \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0647\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en#organization","name":"\u0627\u0644\u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0636\u0645\u0646\u0629 \u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628 - \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646","url":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NHRC-CPT-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NHRC-CPT-Logo.png","width":1017,"height":761,"caption":"\u0627\u0644\u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0636\u0645\u0646\u0629 \u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628 - \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NHRCLB","https:\/\/x.com\/nhrclb","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nhrc_lb","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@lebanonsnhrccpt2364","https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/145354751@N08"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en#\/schema\/person\/bcb35210564d89b3fafa40dbc39320bf","name":"NHRCLB","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df8370662af0ee03068dbccb0dedb52c94e2b06a615ffac8e71258ebe6faa37d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df8370662af0ee03068dbccb0dedb52c94e2b06a615ffac8e71258ebe6faa37d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df8370662af0ee03068dbccb0dedb52c94e2b06a615ffac8e71258ebe6faa37d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"NHRCLB"},"description":"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0644\u0629 \u0645\u0646\u0634\u0623\u0629 \u0628\u0645\u0648\u062c\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0646 62\/ 2016\u060c \u062a\u062a\u0636\u0645\u0646 \u0622\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0642\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628 (\u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628) \u0639\u0645\u0644\u0627\u064b \u0628\u0623\u062d\u0643\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0646 \u0631\u0642\u0645 12\/ 2008 (\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0627\u062f\u0642\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0631\u0648\u062a\u0648\u0643\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u062a\u064a\u0627\u0631\u064a \u0644\u0627\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0642\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646\u0627\u0647\u0636\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628). An independent national institution established under Law No. 62\/2016, which includes a National Preventive Mechanism against torture (the Committee for the Prevention of Torture), in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 12\/2008 (ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture). Une institution nationale ind\u00e9pendante \u00e9tablie en vertu de la loi n\u00b0 62\/2016, qui comprend un m\u00e9canisme national de pr\u00e9vention de la torture (le Comit\u00e9 pour la pr\u00e9vention de la torture), conform\u00e9ment aux dispositions de la loi n\u00b0 12\/2008 (ratifiant le Protocole facultatif se rapportant \u00e0 la Convention contre la torture).","sameAs":["https:\/\/nhrclb.org","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nhrclb\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nhrc_lb","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/nhrclb","https:\/\/x.com\/nhrclb","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCDxi0DJVqYSNfc06GleK8ig","https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/nhrclb"],"url":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/author\/admin2024"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3396"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3402,"href":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396\/revisions\/3402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}