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A/HRC/45/CRP.7
29 September 2020
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Human Rights Council
Forty-fifth session
14 September–2 October 2020
Agenda item 2
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the
High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and
abuses since September 2014
Detailed findings of the Group of Eminent International and Regional
Experts on Yemen*
Summary
Submitted as a supplement to A/HRC/45/6, this paper sets out the detailed findings
of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen mandated to
investigate violations by parties to the conflict since September 2014.
During this year, the Group of Eminent Experts prioritised for investigation violations
occurring since mid-2019, while taking a longer temporal scope for some categories of
violations not fully addressed during our previous reports. The Group of Eminent Experts
found reasonable grounds to believe that the parties to the conflict in Yemen are responsible
for pervasive and incessant international human rights law and international humanitarian
law violations, many of which may amount to war crimes. The summary of these findings is
included in A/HRC/45/6. In addition to highlighting the parties to the conflict responsible
for violations, the Group of Eminent Experts identified, where possible, potential
perpetrators of crimes that may have been committed. A list of names of such individuals
has been submitted to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on a strictly
confidential basis to assist with future accountability efforts.
The Group of Eminent Experts has taken into account the observations provided in
relation to its previous report by the Government of Yemen, de facto authorities, the Southern
Transitional Council, the coalition and the United Arab Emirates. However, the Group of
Eminent Experts regrets that for a second consecutive year, it was not able to access Yemen
and other coalition countries, despite having sent several requests for permission in January
and February 2020. The Group of Eminent Experts directed specific questions to the parties
to the conflict, but is yet to receive any response.
* The information in this report should be read in conjunction with the Report of the Group of Eminent
International and Regional Experts as submitted to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/45/6).
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