Article 31 of the Law on Entry and Exit provides that in the event that a former political refugee is expelled, he or she may not be removed to the territory of a country where his or her life or freedom is threatened. Domestic laws and policies in Lebanon, however, do not explicitly provide for protection from refoulement in line with international standards.

While Lebanon has not acceded to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol, the cornerstone of international refugee law that enshrines the principle of non-refoulement, it is still bound by customary international law. Additionally, Lebanon has ratified several human rights treaties, such as the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which prohibits the return of any person to a country where they would be at risk of torture, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which, as interpreted by the Human Rights Committee, precludes removal where there is a real risk of arbitrary deprivation of life or torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.