![]() ![]() The Yemeni conflict can be considered one of the worst conflicts of our time, not only in relation to the number of civilian casualties, but also as regards the violations of International Humanitarian Law and of International Human Rights Law. ![]() This In Focus article is an excerpt from her master thesis discussed, in March 2020, under the supervision of Prof. The thesis’ recommendations will focus on this issue.Violations of International Humanitarian Law in the Yemeni conflict: siege as a war crime Author: Alice Civitella (2020)Īlice Civitella holds a master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. ![]() In the long-term, this can create more conflicts and weaken the rule of law in the country concerned, leading to more human rights’ violations. But by doing this, they indirectly give a certain legitimacy to armed groups and weaken states’ authority. Also, for protecting civilians and providing them humanitarian help, NGOs need to dialogue with armed groups, and, sometimes, even to collaborate with them. ![]() In other terms, human rights’ violations and non-international armed conflicts nourish each other. Once these armed groups were created, initially to protect the oppressed minorities, they often become those who will commit human rights’ violations against the population. Numerous non-international armed conflicts are born because of human rights’ violations: armed groups and local militias involved in these conflicts were formed in reaction to the violation of the basic rights of local minorities. Human rights’ violations and non-international armed conflicts are, to a certain extent, often interdependent. 2018 Theses Master's Human Rights in Non-International Armed Conflictsīy analyzing the types of human rights’ violations in non-international armed conflicts, the evolution of human rights and humanitarian law, and the behavior of armed groups, the thesis will develop different ways - inspired by the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross and NGOs - for protecting the civilians’ basic rights in these conflicts. ![]()
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