The Council’s decision not to renew the GEE’s mandate represents a historic failure by the international community to uphold international law and to provide the necessary tools to protect the civilian population in Yemen.
It was our first trip on this road since it was closed due to the war in early 2015, and it took us three to four hours to travel. As we were moving, our eyes continued to gaze upon the devastation and destruction that the war had left on the sides of the road...
UN investigation into war crimes in Yemen under pressure from Saudi coalition
"The incident of arresting and killing Abdul-Malik Al-Sanabani, and then how the Transitional Council dealt with it, is an example of the violating parties' indifference and unconcern because of the lack of accountability..."
On Thursday, October 7, 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will vote on a resolution under agenda item 2 to renew the mandate of the UN Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (GEE) for two-years in the context of the ongoing 48th HRC session.
While Yemenis bid farewell to the year 2020, they did not bid farewell to their hopes of an imminent end to the war, even though the practices adopted by the warring parties did not leave much room for optimism.
Mwatana noted that the grossly unfair trials against defendants by Specialized Criminal Courts have violated the requirements and guarantees of the right to a fair trial.
In 2021, the parties to the conflict continued to commit violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. In this statement, we highlight some patterns of violations documented by Mwatana.
It is now time for the Human Rights Council to step in, heeding the calls of the survivors, families of the victims, and the Lebanese people for accountability, the rule of law, and protection of human rights, and establish an investigative mission that would identify human rights violations arising from the Lebanese state’s failure to protect the right to life...
This September, the war in Yemen will reach its grim seventh-year milestone. The ongoing conflict has ravaged the country, inflicting immense suffering on the people of Yemen. At least 233,000 people have lost their lives, including 102,000 as a direct result of hostilities and 131,000 from indirect causes
