A/HRC/45/6 55. The Group of Eminent Experts investigated allegations that the Houthis had hampered aid distribution in Jawf. On 1 March 2020, armed elements allegedly linked to Houthi forces raided several aid organizations headquartered in Hazm Directorate, Jawf, forcing those organizations to cease operations, and used the buildings as military barracks, placing snipers on the headquarters’ premises. Two organizations had their headquarters completely looted. The Group also received allegations of arrest and/or detention of aid workers by the Houthis, and was able to verify the detention in 2018 of a person who was still detained at the time of writing. 4. Other practices affecting access to food and health 56. Some policies of parties to the conflict, in particular the Government of Yemen and the Houthis, may violate the right to adequate food. In the area of Aden, for example, while some interruptions to water supplies were due to damage from hostilities, the Group of Eminent Experts received allegations of water being diverted to the highest bidder in the areas of Qallo’ah, Safi and Zaytoon near the highlands in Aden, despite complaints to the water authorities. 57. The closure of Sana’a international airport in August 2016 by the Government of Yemen and the coalition has precluded civilians from accessing life-saving health care and humanitarian supplies. The airport was reportedly reopened for limited humanitarian purposes from 3 February 2020, however, those exceptions have been insufficient to address the overwhelming humanitarian need. The airport’s full reopening continues to be linked to peace negotiations. 58. The coalition’s restrictions on imports and access to Hudaydah port have contributed to shortages of fuel and other necessities and to inflation, thereby exacerbating the economic and humanitarian crisis. 59. The Group of Eminent Experts found reasonable grounds to believe that the Houthis have interfered with humanitarian aid in violation of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. The Group notes that all parties to the conflict have impeded humanitarian operations and the population’s access to food and health care. It considers that the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen could be substantially mitigated if parties to the conflict begin to respect and comply with their obligations under international law. D. Enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, torture and other forms of ill-treatment 60. The Group of Eminent Experts continued to investigate cases of enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, torture, including sexual violence, and other forms of illtreatment committed by parties to the conflict. In many cases, these violations are being committed against persons who are perceived as opposed to a particular party to the conflict, including human rights defenders and journalists. 61. The Group of Eminent Experts investigated, for instance, 21 cases of enforced disappearance by the Houthi forces in Sana’a. At the time of writing, three women remained disappeared in and around Sana’a, one of them since mid-2018. The Group also investigated eight cases of enforced disappearance by the Ta’izz axis of the Yemeni armed forces and actors affiliated to the Yemeni Islah Party. Since the beginning of the conflict, individuals have been disappeared for periods ranging from several months to four years. Unofficial detention facilities in Ta’izz, including those located in public buildings, for instance the Al Nahda school, are believed to have been used to detain disappeared persons. The Group verified cases of enforced disappearance and noted the anguish experienced by the families of those disappeared, not knowing the fate of their relatives, in addition to the social, economic and gendered impact on families and communities. 62. The Group of Eminent Experts found that parties to the conflict have continued to arbitrarily arrest and detain people in violation of Yemeni and/or international law. Persons arrested on criminal charges are frequently denied their right to be brought before a court 10