Yemen
Other
2020
This decree, issued by President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi in 2020, builds on several laws and commitments made by the Yemeni government, including the Armed Forces Service Law of 1991, the Child Rights Law of 2002, Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the government’s 2014 commitments made amidst the National Dialogue Conference.
This decree:
Regarding implementation, the issuance of this decree came at the time when Yemen was already in the midst of armed conflict, which has compromised all governing structures in the country. The armed conflict has impacted children on a large scale, and recruitment and use of children continues in the country.