55 Network, Alliance and Organization for human rights from (13) Arab countries demand an international investigation of war crimes, aggression, and in Yemen
Human rights organizations in the Arab world call upon the Human Rights Council to investigate the human rights crimes and violations committed by the Saudi aggression in Yemen, which has been going on for 190 days.
These organizations are expressing support for the Dutch proposal seeking a resolution by this Council to form an international commission of inquiry to investigate war crimes and aggression committed in Yemen.
The undersigning organizations share with the Netherlands its deep concerns of the continuation of human rights violations in Yemen. Feeling the size of the great suffering of the Yemeni people, the Dutch and we welcome the draft resolution, which calls for the formation of an international investigation committee, hoping this project would be approved in your honorable Council.
The undersigned organizations have expressed in various ways about the concerns of human rights activists on the appointment of the Saudi ambassador at the head of the Committee of Experts of Human Rights Council, especially that Saudi Arabia’s record on human rights is bad and terrifying, what Saudi Arabia still practices various forms of systematic discrimination against citizens in law and in practical process and in particular towards the rights of women, immigrants and foreign workers, minorities and others.
Geneva, September 30th, 2015
The undersigned organizations:
1.Sisters Arab Forum for Human Rights / Yemen
2.Yemen Organization for Defending Rights and Democratic Freedoms
3. Civil Alliance of peace and the protection of the rights and freedoms / Yemen
4.The legal status of the rights and development / Yemen
5.Network Yemeni women for peace and security
6.Adaleh Foundation for Human Rights / Yemen
7.Legal Center for Civil Rights / Yemen
8.International Human Rights Group / Yemen
9.Network national human child / Yemen
10. Visions Center for Electoral Studies /Yemen
11. Arab Association for Human Rights / Yemen
12.Ma’onah Association for Human Rights / Yemen
13. National Foundation for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings / Yemen.
14. Yemeni Coalition Against the Death Penalty
15. Lawyers Without Borders Organization / Yemen
16. Association Ma’ona for Human Rights and Immigration / Yemen
17. April 27 Organization for Rights and Freedoms / Yemen
18. Legal Awareness Organization / Yemen
19. Future Movement Organization / Yemen
20.Yemeni civil coalition to monitor crimes of aggression
21.Middle East Social Development / Yemen
22.Legal Foundation House / Yemen
23. The Arab Commission for Human Rights / France
24. The Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights
25.The Moroccan Association for Human Rights
26. Arab Women’s Association / Jordan
27. The Arabic Network for Human Rights Trainers
28. The Arab Coalition Against the Death Penalty
29. Damascus Center for Theoretical Studies and Civil Rights
30. Coordinating Body awareness of the issue and for national unity and the fight against slavery / Mauritania
31. National Network of Women / Mauritania
32. Mauritanian Association to support the associative work
33. Mauritanian Association for the promotion of rights
34. Media Center ‘SHAMS’ / Palestine
35. Federal Arab for Democracy
36. Coordinating Maghreb human rights organizations (including 26 human rights organizations from Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia).
37. Iraqi Alliance to human rights organizations (include 54 human rights organization)
38. The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights
39. Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture / Lebanon
40. rehabilitation and defending human rights( include 11 human rights organization)
41. Bahrain Forum for Human Rights
42. Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center / Palestine
43. International Centre to support the rights and freedoms / Egypt
44.Jordanian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
45. Jordan Network for Human Rights Trainers
46.International Centre for the support of a fair trial and human rights / Kuwait
47. Arab Women Media Center / Jordan
48. Pioneers Freedom of fairness and human rights organization/ Jordan
49.Amman forum Society for Human Rights
50.Alliance International Alliance for Defending Rights and Freedom/Paris
51. Amman Center for Human Rights Studies
52. Ugarit Centre for Human Rights Training / Syria
53. Babel Center for Human Rights and Civil Development / Iraq
54. Human Rights Organization in Syria–MAF
55. Lawyers for Justice / Yemen
