Voilations of human rights during the Yemeni Civil War

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forces loyal to the current Yemeni president, Abh Rabbuh Mansur

Hadi, and Houthis and other forces supporting Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former Yemeni president.

Enforced Disappearances
Attacks on Civil Society
Blocking and Impeding Humanitarian Access
Children and

Armed Conflict
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Women’s and Girls’ Rights
Accountability

that killed eight members of her family in Sanaa, August

2017

apparently unlawful coalition airstrikes, which have hit homes, markets, hospitals,

schools, and mosques.
In 2018, the coalition bombed a wedding, killing 22 people, including 8 children, and in another strike bombed a bus filled with children, killing at least 26 children.

Yemeni cities and launched indiscriminate ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia. Some

of these attacks may amount to war crimes. Houthi attacks have struck populated neighborhoods in Yemen, having a particularly devastating impact on Taizz, Yemen’s third largest city.

and wounding civilians and preventing their return home.
The Saudi-led coalition

has used at least six types of widely banned cluster munitions produced in Brazil, the US, and the UK.

and the UAE and UAE-backed Yemeni forces have arbitrarily detained

people, including children, abused detainees and held them in poor conditions, and forcibly disappeared people perceived to be political opponents or security threats.
The Houthis have also taken hostages
In 2018, the UN Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen concluded that the Houthi, Yemeni, Saudi, and UAE forces were credibly implicated in detainee-related abuse

defenders, journalists, perceived political opponents, and members of the Baha’i religious

community.
The Saudi-led coalition and Yemeni government forces have also harassed, intimidated, and arrested activists and journalists.
Since May 2017, the coalition has restricted travel routes for journalists and international human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, to areas of Yemen under Houthi control, including via UN flights.
The coalition has kept Sanaa International Airport closed since August 2016.  

the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
The Saudi-led coalition’s restrictions on imports

have worsened the dire humanitarian situation: it has delayed and diverted fuel tankers, closed critical ports, and stopped goods from entering Houthi-controlled seaports. 
Houthi forces have blocked and confiscated food and medical supplies and denied access to populations in need.
Aid workers have been kidnapped, arbitrarily detained, and killed while conducting humanitarian operations in Yemen.

other armed groups have used child soldiers. In 2017, the

UN varified 842 cases of recruitment and use of boys as young as 11, nearly two-thirds of which were attributable to Houthi forces.
UN Secretary-General said in the annual report submitted to the Security Council that the coalition killed and wounded 729 Yemeni children in 2018. 
The UN said it verified 1,689 child casualties in Yemen last year, including the killing of 576 and the maiming of 1,113.   

Islamic State in Yemen have claimed responsibility for suicide and

other bombings.

were at risk of violence by 2018, according to the

UN. Forced marriage rates, including child marriage, have increased. Yemen has no minimum age of marriage. They cannot marry without the permission of their male guardian and do not have equal rights to divorce, inheritance, or child custody. Lack of legal protection leaves them exposed to domestic and sexual violence.