Yemen’s War Is a Tragedy. Is It Also a Crime?
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Yemen’s War Is a Tragedy. Is It Also a Crime?
A panel of United Nations sanctions monitors in 2016 warned
that Saudi-led coalition airstrikes were targeting civilians in a "widespread and systemic manner." A United Nations Human Rights Council report from September detailed more than 5,000 civilian casualties from March 2015 to August 2017.
United Nations experts have warned that some of the actions carried out by the warring parties — the Saudi-led coalition
and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels — could amount to crimes against humanity because of their systematic and widespread execution.
Since Saudi Arabia joined an offensive against the Houthi rebels in 2015, an estimated 17 million people in Yemen have been classified by the United Nations as "food insecure." Put simply,
that means they do not have reliable access to food and are at risk of hunger.
And yet with health care more important than ever, dozens of hospitals have been intentionally targeted by both Houthi rebels
and the Saudi-led coalition, according to a report from Save the Children.
In September, the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva appointed a group of experts to examine rights abuses
and potential crimes by all parties to the conflict in Yemen.
Dozens of hospitals were intentionally targeted, according to a report from Save the Children, by Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition.
A panel of United Nations sanctions monitors in 2016 warned
that Saudi-led coalition airstrikes were targeting civilians in a "widespread and systemic manner." A United Nations Human Rights Council report from September detailed more than 5,000 civilian casualties from March 2015 to August 2017.
United Nations experts have warned that some of the actions carried out by the warring parties — the Saudi-led coalition
and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels — could amount to crimes against humanity because of their systematic and widespread execution.
Since Saudi Arabia joined an offensive against the Houthi rebels in 2015, an estimated 17 million people in Yemen have been classified by the United Nations as "food insecure." Put simply,
that means they do not have reliable access to food and are at risk of hunger.
And yet with health care more important than ever, dozens of hospitals have been intentionally targeted by both Houthi rebels
and the Saudi-led coalition, according to a report from Save the Children.
In September, the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva appointed a group of experts to examine rights abuses
and potential crimes by all parties to the conflict in Yemen.
Dozens of hospitals were intentionally targeted, according to a report from Save the Children, by Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition.