A workshop for assistant investigators in the National Committee to Investigate Allegations of Human Rights Violations was opened in the Yemeni capital, Aden, with the participation of representatives of civil society organizations from several governorates. 

The three-day workshop reviews “Problems of adapting violations and the privacy of trials in light of transitional justice options,” for the period from November 26 - 28, in cooperation with the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and with the participation of (30) investigators and representatives of civil society. 

This workshop aims to develop a reading of the mechanism for collecting information related to the investigation of human rights violations between the National Committee and civil society, and to discuss opportunities for achieving transitional justice from the point of view of civil society, and the impact and relationship of the committee to future opportunities for transitional justice. 

The workshop will focus on the necessity of continuously reviewing the challenges of adapting violations, discussing the most important problems related to international humanitarian law and international human rights law, the list of violations held by the Committee and their connection to recent local contexts, and appropriate solutions, and reviewing the specificity of trials related to human rights, the opportunities for achieving them, and applying fairness. And reparation for damages.

This activity comes within the framework of the support program provided by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the benefit of the National Commission of Inquiry in Yemen in accordance with the Human Rights Council resolution for the year 2024.