In a joint statement delivered during the discussion on technical assistance and capacity-building to Yemen, organisations addressed the inaction of the international community to support a rights-based transitional justice amidst the escalating crackdown on civil society in the country.
Human rights defender Anjila Al Maamari, representative of the Center for Strategic Studies to Support Women and Children and member of the Justice for Yemen Pact Coalition, delivered a joint statement on behalf of the coalition, ISHR, and DT Institute (DTi).
The organisations reiterated that technical capacity is not enough and urged States to call for the effective investigation of human rights abuses and violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, by establishing a long overdue independent international criminally focused investigative mechanism on Yemen.
You can watch the video statement here.
You can read the statement in English below and in Arabic here.
Mr President,
This is a joint statement on behalf of ISHR, the Justice for Yemen Pact Coalition and DTi.
My name is Anjila Al Maamari, I am a Yemeni human rights defender working with Center for Strategic Studies to Support Women and Children, member of the Justice for Yemen Pact Coalition.
The Justice for Yemen Pact, a coalition of ten Yemeni civil society organisations, decries the inaction of the international community at the alarming and unprecedented crackdown on civil society. States need to take every possible action to facilitate the release of all arbitrarily detained individuals, including through diplomatic efforts, and increased support to civil society.
Following the grave deterioration of the situation, civil society reiterates that technical capacity is not enough and urges States to call for the effective investigation of human rights abuses and violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, by establishing a long overdue ‘independent international criminally focused investigative mechanism on Yemen’.
Independent and impartial investigations are indispensable to put an end to the pervasive culture of impunity. We urge:
Thank you.
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