{"id":6078,"date":"2026-04-01T11:34:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/?p=6078"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:38:34","slug":"in-geneva-a-seat-at-the-table-and-what-it-really-means-for-human-rights-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhrclb.org\/en\/archives\/6078","title":{"rendered":"In Geneva, a Seat at the Table, and What It Really Means for Human Rights in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Fadi Gerges – President of NHRC-CPT<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In the corridors of the Palais des Nations, where diplomacy often moves at the pace of protocol, something more urgent is unfolding. Representatives of national human rights institutions from across the world have gathered not just to exchange statements, but to confront a shared reality, the rules that once governed the protection of rights are being tested, stretched, and in some cases, quietly rewritten.
\nFor the National Human Rights Commission of Lebanon, including the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (NHRC-CPT), being here is not ceremonial. It is strategic.
\nThis year\u2019s annual meeting of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, GANHRI, focuses on a theme that might sound technical at first glance, digital space and human rights. But behind the language lies a profound shift. Increasingly, rights are no longer only violated in prisons, courtrooms, or streets. They are shaped, restricted, and sometimes erased through algorithms, surveillance systems, and online environments that remain largely unregulated.
\nThe conference documents make this clear, digital systems now mediate access to public services, participation in civic life, and even justice itself, while at the same time enabling new forms of surveillance, profiling, and control .
\nFor a country like Lebanon, this conversation is anything but abstract.<\/p>\n

A country in crisis, a commission under pressure<\/h3>\n

Back home, the NHRC-CPT operates in a landscape defined by overlapping crises, economic collapse, institutional fragility, and renewed conflict dynamics. Its work ranges from monitoring detention conditions to documenting violations and advocating for accountability. It is work that is often constrained by access, resources, and political realities.
\nAnd yet, it is precisely this context that makes participation in Geneva essential.
\nBecause the issues discussed here, surveillance, digital governance, accountability mechanisms, are not separate from Lebanon\u2019s challenges. They are embedded within them. Decisions about technology, data, and control are increasingly tied to security policies, public administration, and even humanitarian responses.
\nThe risk, as highlighted in the draft outcome of the conference, is that digitalisation advances faster than safeguards, allowing harmful practices to become normalized before they are properly understood or regulated .
\nFor institutions working on the ground, that gap can translate into real harm, invisible, systemic, and difficult to challenge.<\/p>\n

More than attendance, a question of influence<\/h3>\n

There is a tendency to view international meetings as symbolic, a space for formal speeches and carefully worded communiqu\u00e9s. But inside the sessions, the dynamics are more complex.
\nThe agenda reflects a deliberate shift toward practical engagement, discussions on regulating artificial intelligence, ensuring oversight, protecting rights online, and strengthening accountability mechanisms .
\nWhat matters here is not only what is said, but what is shaped.
\nOutcome statements adopted in these forums often inform UN processes, influence donor priorities, and set the tone for national-level reforms. For smaller or crisis-affected countries, participation becomes a way to ensure their realities are not sidelined.
\nFor the NHRC-CPT, being active in this space means bringing Lebanon into the conversation, not as a passive recipient of international standards, but as a contributor with lived experience.
\nIt also means something more subtle, resisting the marginalization that often accompanies crisis contexts.<\/p>\n

The digital shift, and why it matters now<\/h3>\n

If there is one thread running through this year\u2019s discussions, it is the recognition that the nature of human rights work is changing.
\nThe threats are no longer confined to physical spaces. They extend into digital ecosystems where decisions are automated, data is extracted, and accountability is often diffuse.
\nThe risks identified are wide-ranging, from unlawful surveillance and misuse of personal data to algorithmic discrimination and online harassment .
\nBut there is also opportunity.
\nDigital tools can enhance monitoring, expand access to information, and strengthen engagement with communities. For institutions like the NHRC-CPT, which often operate under resource constraints, this dual reality presents both a challenge and a possibility.
\nThe question is no longer whether to engage with digital transformation, but how to do so without compromising rights.<\/p>\n

A space for solidarity<\/h3>\n

Beyond the technical discussions, there is another dimension to gatherings like this, one that is less visible but equally important.
\nSolidarity.
\nAcross regions, national human rights institutions are facing similar pressures, shrinking civic space, political interference, resource limitations, and growing public distrust. The Geneva meeting becomes a space where these challenges are acknowledged, shared, and, to some extent, collectively addressed.
\nIt is also a reminder that no institution operates in isolation.
\nThe global human rights system itself is under strain, as the conference acknowledges, and maintaining its relevance requires active engagement, not withdrawal .
\nFor the NHRC-CPT, participation is therefore not only about influence, but about connection.<\/p>\n

What comes after Geneva<\/h3>\n

The real test, however, lies beyond the conference rooms.
\nWhat matters is what travels back.
\nWill the discussions translate into stronger monitoring tools, better documentation practices, more effective advocacy? Will the partnerships formed here lead to tangible support, technical, financial, or political?
\nAnd perhaps most importantly, will this engagement help bridge the persistent gap between international standards and national realities?
\nFor the NHRC-CPT, these are not rhetorical questions. They define the value of participation.
\nBeing present, being relevant
\nIn the end, being active in global platforms like GANHRI is not about visibility for its own sake.
\nIt is about relevance.
\nIn a rapidly changing human rights landscape, institutions must adapt, engage, and assert their role. Absence risks marginalization. Passive presence risks irrelevance.
\nActive participation, on the other hand, creates space, to influence, to learn, and to defend.
\nFrom Geneva to Beirut, the challenge remains the same, ensuring that human rights are not only discussed, but protected.
\nAnd that requires being at the table, and knowing why it matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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