A/HRC/36/33
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 September 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-sixth session
11-29 September 2017
Agenda items 2 and 10
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the
High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and
abuses since September 2014
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights*, **
Summary
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/16,
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights provides an overview of the
human rights situation in Yemen from 1 September 2014 to 30 June 2017 and describes
new allegations of violations of international human rights law and international
humanitarian law that reportedly occurred between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017,
emphasizing the ongoing nature of many of those violations. The High Commissioner also
provides an update on cooperation between the Yemen National Commission to Investigate
Alleged Violations to Human Rights and the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights. He calls upon all stakeholders to implement the
recommendations already made in previous reports.
* The report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments.
** The annexes to the present report are circulated as received.
GE.17-15963(E)
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