The National Commission of Inquiry discusses with the US Ambassador the human rights situation in Yemen
The head and members of the National Committee to Investigate Allegations of Human Rights Violations met today with the US Ambassador to Yemen, Stephen Fagin, at the embassy headquarters in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
The head of the committee, Judge Ahmed Saeed Al-Muflhi, reviewed the latest human rights developments in Yemen, especially in the areas that are still burning and where victims are falling, and the humanitarian conditions due to recent events.
Judge Al-Muflhi also touched on the lack of commitment to implementing the declared humanitarian truce, and the continuation of the investigation process and reaching the victims in all Yemeni regions in the hope of getting justice for them through the national judiciary and transitional justice mechanisms.
The meeting discussed the importance of strengthening Yemeni state institutions to play their role in providing services and protecting human rights through increasing regional and international support and the political, social and civil society components joining forces with them.
For his part, Ambassador Stephen Fagin stressed the interest of the American side and his emphasis on the importance of the issue of accountability based on the proper process, which depends on documentation and recording violations in order to achieve accountability in the future in the way the Yemenis see, especially in grave violations.
He pointed out at the same time the long time it may take to collect information and evidence, as it represents the gateway to any process of redress for the victims and achieving peace based on human rights, as it is an important work undertaken by the National Committee, and the basis for future cooperation with it on which the peace process in Yemen will be based.
The meeting was attended by members of the National Investigation Committee, Judge Hussein Al-Mashdali and Judge Ishraq Al-Maqtari, on the one hand, and the Deputy US Ambassador, Angerta Taghbrun, and the Political Affairs Officer at the Embassy, Houston Harris, on the other hand.
