Since Ms. Huda &apos; s mission to Lebanon took place less than one month after the signing of the Convention on Human Trafficking, it is not surprising that she should have found shortcomings in the criminal laws that deal with this subject, given the shortness of time and the social, economic and institutional challenges which Lebanon is facing, especially its growing external indebtedness, the rising rates of unemployment and migration, the slow pace of public administrative reform, and the challenges posed by the reconstruction process in southern Lebanon.
Since Ms. Huda &apos; s mission to Lebanon took place less than one month after the signing of the Convention on Human Trafficking, it is not surprising that she should have found shortcomings in the criminal laws that deal with this subject, given the shortness of time and the social, economic and institutional challenges which Lebanon is facing, especially its growing external indebtedness, the rising rates of unemployment and migration, the slow pace of public administrative reform, and the challenges posed by the reconstruction process in southern Lebanon.