the largest Yemeni cities, such as Sana'a, Taiz and Mukalla, have seen large groups of society come together in peaceful gatherings and marches that raised human rights demands and slogans rejecting the war.

Twenty years after the US began its secret and unaccountable killings in Yemen, the Biden Administration should, at long last, change towards a rights-respecting course.

The war in Yemen is entering its sixth year, with the humanitarian disaster the county is experiencing the most severe it has ever been. Over the conflict, more devastation, destruction, division, horrific violations and deepening social rifts have created an almost complete separation between Yemeni men and women and their inherent right to life, dignity and freedom.

This report, examines attacks on and impacting schools and education facilities between March 2015 and December 2019 by the warring parties in Yemen.

Joint Submission by Mwatana and Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic.

This report focuses on unofficial detention sites. Unoffiical detention sites provoke particular concern given access to independent observers and families is almost always limited to non-existent, torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment are particularly prevalent, and many of these sites are used to disappear people.

The objective is to ensure that this submission gave the government everything it needed to accurately assess the risk of future violations – by providing detailed evidence.

This research report, produced by Mwatana for Human Rights (Mwatana) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), examines attacks on medical facilities and personnel by parties to the Yemen conflict that took place between March 2015 and December 2018.

War torn Yemen suffers from what the UN calls “the worst humanitarian crisis of our times.” Thousands of civilians have been killed and wounded during fighting, and millions more suffer from hunger and disease. We believe that all parties to the armed conflict are responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law.

Mwatana releases its annual report 2018 which documents the violations committed by all parties to the conflict. Mwatana conducted 2065 interviews with victims, relatives, eyewitnesses, and medical and humanitarian workers.