Who we are?

On 06/09/2006, a group of young lawyers cooperating in Madkour Law Firm have decided to constitute the LEBANESE PENAL LAW ASSOCIATION under the supervision of President Michel Madkour, an honorable judge who occupied many positions in various courts, mainly criminal, for 40 years.

The Association aims to:
  • the development of legislation and institutions for ensuring a more human and effective justice.
  • Prepare studies and suggestions for developing and modifying the legal, judicial and legislations concerning the Penal Law and The Penal Procedures.
  • Make researches concerning the crimes, their reasons, the ways to prevent and decrease them, in addition to the researches about the Penal Procedures and their development.
  • Ensure the cooperation and the exchange of opinions and suggestions between all the Lebanese and foreign persons, institutions and organizations dealing and working in the Penal field.
  • Contribute by all means to ensure the human rights for the detainees and the convicted.
  • Organize Lebanese and International conferences.

The Founding Members are:
  • Michel Massoud Madkour – Honorary Judge, President of the supreme criminal court 
  • Roy Michel Madkour – Lawyer, Chairman of MADKOUR LAW FIRM 
  • Paola Michel Madkour – Lawyer
  • Rita Charles Abou Zeid – Lawyer 
  • Denise Mikhael Boustany – Lawyer 
  • Kozhaya Elias Sebaaly – Lawyer 


    The Representative of the Association before the Government is:
  • Rita Charles Abou Zeid

    The Association has been registered at the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities under the number 412.

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