A/HRC/42/CRP.1 warfare, denial of humanitarian access for civilians in need) and the suffering of the population as the consequence of the deprivation.1204 750. Within this context, it is also worth reiterating the strong call by the Security Council in resolution 2417. The resolution urges States “to conduct, in an independent manner, full, prompt impartial and effective investigations within their jurisdiction into violations of international humanitarian law related to the use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, including the unlawful denial of humanitarian assistance to the civilian population in armed conflict”.1205 3. Attacks impacting objects essential for the survival of the population 751. Attacks by all parties to the conflict impacting objects indispensable to the survival of the Yemeni population are of particular concern within the scope of the current humanitarian crisis. 752. Coalition air strikes notably destroyed farming land, water facilities and essential port infrastructure. A report published by the World Peace Foundation in October 2018 1206 describes how agricultural zones were impacted by coalition strikes, following an apparent “strategy of hitting the resources of rural life.” 1207 The report outlines how from June 2015, agricultural targets in Sa’dah, mainly farms and agricultural land were struck by coalition airstrikes, and this extended to other areas in July and August 2015. 1208 The report considered that these strikes were “systematic.”1209 753. The report further features a case study of Tihama, showing how the coalition struck the facilities of the authority in charge of the maintenance of essential irrigation infrastructure between August and October 2015, contributing to a drastic decrease of the agricultural production in what used to be the “bread basket” of the country. 1210 A second case study shows how artisanal fishing on the Red Sea coast was affected by coalition airstrikes that killed fishermen and damaged fishing installations. In particular, the maps featured in the report show that fish-offloading ports along the Red Sea coast were particularly affected.1211 754. Another notable incident affecting access to essential supplies by the Yemeni population was the destruction, in August 2015, by a coalition airstrike of the four giant offloading cranes at the port of al-Hudaydah, along with other dockside machinery. In February 2018, new cranes were eventually allowed into al-Hudaydah. 755. The Group of Experts examined further reports of coalition airstrikes that were carried out between 2015 and 2019 on indispensable food and water facilities, mainly in the governorates of al-Hudaydah, Sa’dah, Hajjah and Sana’a. As regards the destruction of farms and facilities for food production, sale and storage, these included 14 incidents of airstrikes hitting mostly crowded marketplaces; 19 incidents of airstrikes hitting farms or agricultural workers; eight incidents of airstrikes hitting food processing or storage facilities; and 12 incidents of airstrikes on civilian food transports. The Group of Experts further examined six additional incidents where coalition airstrikes hit water supply facilities, such as water wells, a water pump, a water bottling plant, a water tank and a 1204 Global Rights Compliance, Submissions to the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, 1 June 2018. 1205 A/RES/2417 (2018), operational paragraph 10. 1206 Martha Mundy, “The Strategies of the coalition in the Yemen War: aerial bombardment and food war”, distributed by the World Peace Foundation, 9 October 2018. The report is based on data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and the Ministry of Fish Wealth in Sana’a, and the Yemen Data Project (see p. 8). 1207 Ibid, p. 9. 1208 Ibid, p. 12; the report refers to FAO Statistics according to which less than three per cent of Yemen’s total surface is being used for agriculture, and only five per cent of agricultural areas is arable land and one per cent permanent crops. 1209 Ibid, p. 13. 1210 Ibid, p. 13-16. 1211 Ibid, p. 16. 180