Yemen
Advocacy
In Yemen, five parties are listed. The Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces were listed for killing and maiming and attacks on schools and hospitals in the SG’s 2017 CAC annual report. Escalating conflict has stalled implementation of the Government’s 2014 action plan to end and prevent recruitment and use of children by the Yemeni Armed Forces. This March marks the third anniversary of the conflict. The Council will receive its regular updates on the developments in Yemen from the SG. In its final report transmitted to the Council in January, the PoE on Yemen reported its investigation of 10 air strikes by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition that led to at least 157 fatalities and 135 injuries, including at least 85 children (S/2018/68, para. 160). Council Members should:
- Call upon the Saudi Arabia-led coalition to immediately and fully lift the blockade; allow unimpeded humanitarian access and commercial imports to all regions, particularly fuel, food, and medical supplies; and reopen the Sana’a airport to commercial flights, especially to allow medical evacuations;
- Urge for immediate signing and implementation of a Plan of Action between the UN and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on behalf of the coalition, to end and prevent grave violations for which it is listed, and to this end, urge the SG to transparently outline concrete measures the coalition is taking with the aim to protect children;
- Immediately adopt a resolution condemning violations of international law perpetrated by all parties, highlighting the principles of precaution, distinction, and proportionality in conducting military operations;
- Echoing the request made through the Human Rights Council in General Assembly Resolution A/HRC/RES/36/31, call upon the SG and the High Commissioner on Human Rights to guarantee full administrative, technical, and logistical support to enable the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts to carry out their mandate to investigate and monitor human rights violations, including against children
The United Kingdom is the lead country on Yemen. Peru chairs the 2140 Sanctions Committee.
This information is based on Watchlist’s Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update: March 2018.
Publications
UN Action
Year listed: 2011
Action Plans signed: Yemen Armed Forces – recruitment and use of children (May 2014)
Sanctions Committee: 2140 Sanctions Committee (Yemen)
Secretary-General’s reports on CAAC in Yemen: 2013
Security Council Working Group conclusions on Yemen: 2013
Perpetrators listed in the annexes of the Secretary-General’s annual reports on children and armed conflict
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Houthi/Ansar Allah* | a | a | a | a | a,b,d | a,b,d | |||||||||
| Pro-Government militias, including the Salafists and Popular Committees* | a | a | a | a | a | a | a | ||||||||
| Breakaway First Armoured Division (FAD) | a | ||||||||||||||
| Yemeni armed forces (YAF)~ | a | a | a | a | |||||||||||
| Al-Qaida in the Arab Peninsula (AQIP) | a | a | a | a | |||||||||||
| Ansar al-Sharia* | a | a | a | a | a | ||||||||||
| Government forces, including the Yemeni Armed Forces, the First Armoured Division, the Military Police, the special security forces and Republican Guards ~ * | a | a | a | a | a | ||||||||||
| Coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia** | b,d |
a: Parties that recruit and use children
b: Parties that kill and maim children
c: Parties that commit rape and other forms of sexual violence against children
d: Parties that engage in attacks on schools and/or hospitals
e: Parties that engage in abduction of children
f: Parties that deny humanitarian access to children
~ This party has concluded an action plan with the United Nations in line with Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004) and 1612 (2005).
* This party has been in the annexes for at least five years and is therefore considered a persistent perpetrator.
**First listed as the Saudi Arabia-led coalition for killing and maiming and attacks on schools and hospitals in the 2016 report but removed on 24 June 2016 per addendum A/70/836/ADD.1-S/2016/360/ADD.1
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