A/HRC/27/44 III. Situation of human rights and implementation of recommendations of OHCHR A. Accountability and transitional justice 20. Delays in addressing the issue of accountability continued to hamper progress in redress for serious human rights violations committed in 2011. During the reporting period, there were persistent demands to bring perpetrators from all sides to justice and to provide redress for victims and their families. Concerns over the credibility of judicial investigations into human rights violations, committed in the wake of the unrest in 2011, have been highlighted in the High Commissioner’s previous reports.4 The High Commissioner recommended that the Government of Yemen launch transparent and independent investigations, compliant with international standards, into any allegations of serious human rights violations committed by government security forces during the events of 2011.5 In September 2012, a presidential decree was passed establishing a commission to investigate allegations of human rights violations that occurred in 2011. However, no commissioners had been appointed as of 1 July 2014. 21. Little progress was recorded with regard to the draft Law on Transitional Justice and National Reconciliation. As mentioned in the previous report, President Hadi submitted a draft transitional justice law to the Parliament in January 2013. In April 2014, the Ministry of Legal Affairs recalled the draft and revised it in order to align it with the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference. In cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in May 2014 OHCHR organized a national consultation involving approximately 300 participants to discuss the revised version of the law. Based on the consultation, concrete recommendations were provided to the Ministry, which, in May 2014, submitted the new draft to the Cabinet for further consideration. 22. The Commission to Consider and Address Land Issues and the Commission on Forcibly Dismissed Employees for southern Yemen were established in January 2013 as confidence-building measures to address the root causes of southern grievances. The Land Commission, consisting of five judges, started its work on 10 March 2013 and has established seven field offices across south Yemen. It has so far received more than 100,000 claims from individuals maintaining that their lands were illegally confiscated by the northern Government following the 1994 war. At the time of reporting none of the claims filed with the Land Commission had been resolved. The Dismissals Commission, which consists of five judges and four military officers, started its work on 13 March 2013 and until May 2014, had received approximately 93,000 applications.6 23. Both the Land and the Dismissals Commissions suffer chronic challenges relating to insufficient staffing, inadequate resources and weak administrative and management structures. The establishment of the two Commissions, and the amount of cases received, saw increased demand for reparations and compensation by the claimants. On the basis of the cases received, the two Commissions made recommendations to the President. These were adopted, but they have not been implemented. 4 5 6 A/HRC/21/37 and A/HRC/24/34. A/HRC/21/37, para. 67 (a), and A/HRC/24/34, para. 55 (e). According to information received from the Commission, 56,789 claims were received from former military personnel, 28,000 from former civil employees and 18,000 from the security sector. 7