A/HRC/41/2 3. General comments made by other stakeholders 626. During the adoption of the outcome of the review of Yemen, 10 other stakeholders made statements.** 627. Village Unis (United Villages) commended the efforts of Yemen with regard to violence against women and children and the ratification of the main international conventions, especially the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and protection of people against enforced disappearances. It recommended Yemen to put pressure on all the parties in order to immediately end the war and request the Houthis to reveal the minefield maps and to cooperate with the international organizations in order to demine those minefields. It also called on Yemen to put an end to abductions and enforced disappearances, to make public information relating to the situation of detainees and inform their family members. It also recommended that Yemen accede to the Rome statute of the International Criminal Court. 628. United Nations Watch stated that Yemen’s human rights record received the worst possible rating and that, in Yemen, women are the subject of gross and systematic discrimination. It stated that rape victims had to provide male witnesses and that the Penal Code grants leniency for men who commit so-called honour killings of women for perceived immodest or defiant behaviour. It claimed that gender-based violence and other serious violations were not considered crimes. It stated that, under the Gender Equality Index, Yemen ranked 149 out of 149. It contested the choice of the United Nations to elect Yemen as Vice-President of the UN Women. 629. Khiam Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture stated that according to them, the civilian victims amounted to 39,000, among whom 15,000 children, as a result of the airstrikes by the coalition. It remained deeply concerned about the protection of children in Yemen. It observed that 41 hospitals had been destroyed. It stated that without the reopening of the airport of Yemen to humanitarian relief, all the human rights mechanisms remained helpless. It called on the Human Rights Council to condemn the violations of human rights against the civilian population and claimed that the Saudi-led coalition shoulders much of the responsibility for the violations. 630. Amman Center for Human Rights Studies shed light on the arms trade relating to the conflict in Yemen, which prevents any possibility to improve human rights in the country. It urged the exporting States to prohibit the sale of arms that could lead to possible violations. It stated that, according to the report of the United Nations Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, serious human rights violations in Yemen were allegedly committed by all parties to the conflict, including reported attacks against civilians, enforced disappearances, torture, and violations of the freedom of expression, sexual violence and the recruitment of children in armed forces. It urged the Human Rights Council to adopt initiatives preventing further sale of weapons to countries involved in the war in Yemen. It demanded that the arms trade treaty be respected by all countries and called for the creation of an international commission responsible for investigating crimes caused by the war and the aggression in Yemen and finally it called on the Human Rights Council to foster dialogue in Yemen. ** The statements of stakeholders that were unable to deliver them owing to time constraints which were made available are posted on the extranet of the Human Rights Council, at https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/41Session/Pages/default.aspx 102