The Lebanese Republic, commonly known as Lebanon, is located in Western Asia bordered by Syria and Israel, with a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital, Beirut, is the seat of government. Lebanon is a unitary state with a parliamentary system of government. 

Lebanon is not party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons or the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.