Yemen: Human Rights

Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 16 March 2017.

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Photo of Tom Brake Tom Brake Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs), Liberal Democrat Chief Whip, Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of monitoring and reporting on the human rights situation and developments in Yemen by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Photo of Tobias Ellwood Tobias Ellwood The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) plays a vital role in objectively monitoring and reporting human rights to prevent further suffering in Yemen. The UK welcomed the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution adopted in September 2016. The resolution called on the OHCHR to provide additional human rights experts to the Yemen Office, in order to support the Yemeni National Independent Commission of Inquiry in investigating alleged human rights abuses. We await the next OHCHR report in September 2017.

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