#WAR OF RIGHTS KEYS SERIES#
In a series of pamphlets supporting ratification, Federalists attacked the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and articulated their support for the new Constitution.The fight for ratification was arduous, as many feared creating an overly powerful centralized government that may again endanger individual rights."By voting against this much-needed mandate, many states have turned their back on victims, bowed to pressure from the Saudi-led coalition, and put politics before principle," he said. John Fisher of Human Rights Watch said that the failure to renew the mandate was "a stain on the record of the Human Rights Council". "By voting against the renewal of the GEE today, UN member states have given a green light to warring parties to continue their campaign of death and destruction in Yemen,” she said, referring to the investigators known as the Group of Eminent Experts. Radhya Almutawakel, chairperson of the independent Yemeni activist group Mwatana for Human Rights, said she was deeply disappointed by the result. The United States only has observer status. There were seven abstentions and Ukraine's delegation was absent. Eighteen including Britain, France and Germany voted to support it. In the vote called by Saudi ally Bahrain, 21 countries voted against the Dutch resolution including China, Cuba, Pakistan, Russia, Venezuela and Uzbekistan. Human Rights Council and its delegation did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment.ĭuring the debate, Bahraini ambassador Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri said that the international group of investigators had "contributed to spreading misinformation about the situation on the ground" in Yemen. The kingdom is not a voting member of the U.N. Rights activists said this week that Saudi Arabia lobbied heavily against the Western resolution. in Geneva, told the council: "While we acknowledge the (Saudi-led) coalition's efforts to investigate civilian casualty claims through the joint incidents assessment team, we are convinced that it is indispensable to have a U.N.-mandated international, independent mechanism working towards accountability for the Yemeni people." in which civilians have seen repeated crimes committed against them,” Dujarric said.Īmbassador Katharine Stasch, Germany's ambassador to the U.N. “We will continue to press for accountability in Yemen, a place. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres still believes there is a need for accountability in Yemen, spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York. "With this vote, the Council has effectively ended its reporting mandate, it has cut this lifeline of the Yemeni people to the international community." "I cannot help but feel that this Council has failed the people of Yemen," he told delegates. More than 100,000 people have been killed and 4 million have been displaced, activist groups say.ĭutch ambassador Peter Bekker said the vote was a major setback. The independent investigators have said in the past that potential war crimes have been committed by all sides in the seven-year conflict that has pitted a Saudi-led coalition against Iran-allied Houthi rebels. It marked the first time in the council's 15-year history that a resolution was defeated. Members narrowly voted to reject a resolution led by the Netherlands to give the independent investigators another two years to monitor atrocities in Yemen's conflict.
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