This policy brief analyzes the shortcomings of the social protection system in Lebanon against intersectional forms of discrimination. It questions the fragmentation and the deficiencies of the social protection system highlighting the articulation of exclusionary logics linked to gender, ethnicity, work and residential status, age or disability. This briefing paper then stresses that the shortcomings of the social protection system reflect, sustain and (re)produce more profound social hierarchies characterizing the Lebanese social and political landscape. By offering a sociological and political understanding of the current technical gaps, it makes the case for a universal social protection in Lebanon intended as the solely rights-based and effective response capable of addressing the structural deficiencies of the current system.