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Situation of human rights in Yemen - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/30/31) - Advance Edited Version

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Summary

In the present report, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights makes an updated assessment of the overall situation of human rights in Yemen from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, in the context of the deterioration in the security situation since September 2014. The report describes both alleged violations and abuses of international human rights law and alleged violations of international humanitarian law by parties to the conflict. The High Commissioner concludes the report with recommendations, including some contained in previous reports of the High Commissioner on the situation in Yemen.