The Yemen Humanitarian Crisis

 Andres  Yengle

Mr. Roddy
IHSS
9 April 2021

Civil Rights Blog 

Yemen has seen a whole world's worth of violence for the past 6 years. Ever since 2015 more than 175,000 civilians have been injured or killed in bomb raids. 20 million people are experiencing food insecurity and 10 million of them are at risk of famine. The start of the Yemen crisis dates back all the way to 2011 when a revolution was started against the president at the time. Many people were unhappy with the ways he led the country, so they decided to start a revolution. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have both led coalitions into Yemen to help the rebels fight the Houthi forces. Ever since the start of the war there have been many Unlawful Airstrikes. These airstrikes include ones where they specifically target civilians or civilian objects. These airstrikes are in violation of the laws of war. Houthi forces have repeatedly fired artillery attacks onto several Yemen cities as well as one airport. These attacks amount to war crimes. Both sides have/are using soldiers under the age of 18 and some even using soldiers under the age of 15. These actions are the primary reason for Yemen being on the U.N.’s Secretary General’s list of shame. As well Houthi forces have used landmines against civilians. These actions are against IMAS which is the International Mine Action Standards. There are still many more civil rights issues in Yemen but these are the most impactful. I hope that one day all of this can be settled and things can go back to normal. But based on how its going, that may not happen for a long long time.       

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