Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

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Lebanon: Military service obligations in South Lebanon for a young Shiite in 1999 and 2000; whether military service would have been required in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) or the South Lebanon Army (SLA) during these years 22 December 2015 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Liban : information sur les obligations relatives au service militaire dans le Sud du Liban pour les jeunes chiites en 1999 et en 2000; information indiquant si le service militaire dans les Forces armées libanaises (Lebanese Armed Forces - LAF) ou l'Armée du Liban Sud (South Lebanon Army - SLA) était obligatoire pendant ces années 22 December 2015 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Lebanon: Recruitment practices of Hezbollah, including forced recruitment, such as Shi'ite youth; consequences for those that refuse to join; availability of state protection; regions controlled by Hezbollah, including ability to locate a person wanted by the group who returns to Lebanon; presence of Hezbollah spies or informers in areas outside the organization's control; whether Lebanese Shi'ite students returning from international study are considered spies upon returning to the country (2013- October 2015) 29 October 2015 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Liban : information sur les pratiques de recrutement du Hezbollah, y compris sur le recrutement forcé, notamment auprès de jeunes chiites; les conséquences pour ceux qui refusent de se joindre au Hezbollah; la disponibilité d'une protection offerte par l'État; les régions contrôlées par le Hezbollah, y compris la capacité du groupe de trouver une personne qu'il recherche lorsqu'elle retourne au Liban; la présence d'espions ou d'informateurs du Hezbollah à l'extérieur des régions contrôlées par l'organisation; information indiquant si les étudiants libanais chiites revenant au pays après des études à l'étranger sont tenus pour des espions (2013-octobre 2015) 29 October 2015 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Lebanon: Amal Movement, including areas of operation and control; instances of forced recruitment, particularly of youth; activity, including checkpoints and roadblocks within Beirut (2011-December 2013) 19 December 2013 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Liban : information sur le mouvement Amal (Amal Movement), y compris ses zones de contrôle et d'opération; les cas de recrutement forcé, en particulier de jeunes; ses activités, y compris les postes de contrôle de la circulation et les barrages routiers à Beyrouth (2011-décembre 2013) 19 December 2013 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Lebanon: Update to LBN41902.E of 5 September 2003 on whether a Lebanese Embassy, in Canada or in any other country, can play an intermediary role in a Lebanese Shi'ite couples' pursuit of a divorce through a legalized power of attorney in Lebanon even though the couple remains in the foreign country; if so, description of the procedure; whether it is necessary to obtain a Muslim divorce before obtaining a judicial divorce (for purposes of registration); rules and current practices regarding child custody in the Shi'ite community, especially when the father is not living in Lebanon 31 October 2003 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Lebanon: Whether in the Shi'ite community the family of a divorced husband has the legal right to take away the children from the former wife, even if the husband no longer lives in Lebanon 5 September 2003 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Lebanon: Treatment of Kataeb Party (Phalange Party) members by Shi'a Muslims in Lebanon and state protection available; information regarding a high-ranking member of the Kataeb Party who was assassinated in Lebanon by extremists 8 August 2003 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Lebanon: Information on the rights and obligations of a Shi'a woman whose husband has disappeared with regard to the father-in-law and child custody 1 December 1998 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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