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66.
On 8 May 2016, President Hadi condemned the evictions and called them
“individual acts”, stating that all those evicted from Aden would be allowed to return
immediately. Nonetheless, the organized and coordinated nature of the eviction process
raises concerns that it may have been part of a plan to expel northerners. The forced
displacement of civilians violates both international human rights law and international
humanitarian law.31
VII. Conclusions and recommendations
67.
The perpetuation of the conflict and its consequences on the population in
Yemen are devastating. Almost 3,600 civilians have been killed and more than 6,000
injured. The humanitarian crisis has deepened, with at least 7.6 million people,
including 3 million women and children, currently suffering from malnutrition
according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. At least 2.8
million people, more than 400,000 families, have been forced to flee their homes in
search of safety as their homes and livelihoods were being destroyed.
68.
The conflict has given rise to a growing number of allegations of violations and
abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian
law. The degeneration of the overall security situation has created security vacuums
that are increasingly being exploited by armed groups, including groups pledging
allegiance to Al-Qaida and ISIL. There has also been a disturbing increase in the
divisive rhetoric of certain political and religious leaders, which risks aggravating
sectarian, regional divisions within Yemen and undermining the social fabric of
Yemeni society.
69.
The prolonged duration of the conflict has strongly heightened the disastrous
risk of a systemic collapse of Yemen. The resilience of the Yemeni people has been
stretched beyond human limits. The international community, in its full range of
political, legal and civil forces, has a legal and moral duty to take urgent steps to
alleviate the appalling levels of human despair, protect the people in Yemen, allow
and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for civilians in
need, promote measures to find a durable political solution, and ensure accountability
for violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of
international humanitarian law.
70.
The High Commissioner is aware that the national commission of inquiry has
documented some violations and abuses; however, at the time of the drafting of the
present report, OHCHR has not received any concrete information on those findings
or on the general progress made by the national commission in carrying out
comprehensive and impartial inquiries.
71.
In accordance with the recommendations from previous reports on the
situation of human rights in Yemen, the High Commissioner calls on all parties to the
conflict to:
(a)
Promote efforts led by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for
Yemen to cease hostilities and reach a negotiated and durable solution to the conflict
in the best interest of the Yemeni people;
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See the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and Human Rights Council resolution 20/9.
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