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YEMEN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
January 2004
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Title:
Arabie saoudite - Bahreïn - Émirats arabes unis - Oman - Qatar - Yémen. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
21 November 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Military Situation Map of Yemen
Source:
Institute for United Conflict Analysis
Date of Document:
13 August 2015
Accessed Date:
1 December 2015
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Yemen: Security and humanitarian situation. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen Situation: UNHCR Regional Update #41
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen Humanitarian Bulletin. Issue 16.
Source:
United Nations. Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
30 September 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen Crisis Response. Situation Report: 1-30 September 2016.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
30 September 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2140 (2014)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
26 January 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Mixed Migration in the Horn of Africa and Yemen Region, September 2016.
Source:
Danish Refugee Council
Date of Document:
30 September 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Mapping the Yemen Conflict
Source:
European Council on Foreign Relations
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 April 2016
Accessed Date:
27 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; warrants
Title:
Yemen. Amnesty International Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
Accessed Date:
29 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; humanitarian situation; political activities; political opposition; sexual minorities; statistics
Title:
UNHCR Position on Returns to Yemen
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
April 2015
Accessed Date:
20 April 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; minorities; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; race; rejected asylum seekers; religion; social services; statistics; tribes/clans
Title:
Situation of Human Rights in Yemen. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Human Rights.Human Rights Council
Date of Document:
4 August 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Special Report: Yemeni journalists and human rights defenders at risk during wartime
Source:
Gulf Center for Human Rights
Date of Document:
2 May 2015
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Yemen
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
7 April 2014
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; disappeared persons; domestic violence; female genital mutilation; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; sexual violence; trafficking in persons
Title:
CORI Country Report : Yemen
Source:
Country of Origin Research and Information
Date of Document:
September 2014
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; country overview; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; government corruption; honour crimes; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; legal system; marriage; military service; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons; tribes/clans
Title:
Yemen. No Protection, No Respect: Health Workers and Health Facilities Under Attack 2015 and Early 2016.
Source:
Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Republican Decree No. 260, Concerning the Executive Regulation of the Law of Nationality
Accessed Date:
18 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; gender equality; legislation; nationality
Title:
Law No. 6 of 1990 on Yemeni Nationality
Accessed Date:
18 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation; nationality
Title:
Republican Decree No. 3 of 1994, Executive Regulation of Law No. 6 of 1990 AD Concerning the Yemeni Nationality
Accessed Date:
18 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; gender equality; legislation; nationality
Title:
Requirements and procedures for obtaining a passport, both inside and outside the country; instances when a person would not be issued a passport (2013-September 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 September 2014
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Keywords:
identity documents
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Yemen: Is Peace Possible? Middle East & North Africa Report N° 167.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
9 February 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Republic of Yemen. Election for President (President) of 21 February 2012.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
18 January 2013
Keywords:
election; political activities
Title:
Al-Hirak Al-Janoubi (Southern Movement), including its structure, leadership, objectives, members, activities, and area of operation; relationship with government (May 2008-April 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 June 2013
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
political activities; political organizations
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 - Yemen Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
The Huthis: From Saada to Sanaa. Middle East Report N°154.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
10 June 2014
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Keywords:
conflict; corruption; map; minorities; political activities; religion
Title:
Yemen: ‘Bombs Fall from the Sky Day and Night': Civilians Under Fire in Northern Yemen
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 October 2015
Accessed Date:
2 December 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition
Title:
‘Nowhere Safe for Civilians': Airstrikes and Ground Attacks in Yemen
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 August 2015
Accessed Date:
2 December 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition
Title:
Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
11 February 2015
Accessed Date:
2 December 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition
Title:
CFR Backgrounders: Yemen in Crisis
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
19 April 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Situation and treatment of former government officials who served under the Saleh government; whether they are targeted by Houthis; treatment of their family members (January 2015-November 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 November 2015
Accessed Date:
25 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; freedom of movement; political activities; political organizations
Title:
They are not here. Incidents of Arbitrary Detention and Enforced Disappearance under the defacto authority of Houthi armed group in Yemen.
Source:
Mwatana Organization for Human Rights
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Blind Air Strikes. Civilian victims of Saudi-led coalition' air strikes in Yemen.
Source:
Mwatana Organization for Human Rights
Date of Document:
December 2015
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Houthi Landmines Claim Civilian Victims
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 September 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Cluster Munitions Wounding Civilians
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 February 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Huthi forces block vital hospital supplies fuelling humanitarian crisis in Ta'iz
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 February 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Houthis Block Vital Goods into Taizz
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
31 January 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Taiz: Unremitting suffocating blockade deprives civilians of the dwindling medical care
Source:
Mwatana Organization for Human Rights
Date of Document:
13 November 2015
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Bombing Businesses: Saudi Coalition Airstrikes on Yemen's Civilian Economic Structures
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 July 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
'Where is my Father?': Detention and Disappearance in Huthi-Controlled Yemen.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 May 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Saudi-Led Funeral Attack Apparent War Crime
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 October 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
From Arab Spring to War in Yemen: Challenges to Women's Activism. Rethink Brief 06.
Source:
Rethink Institute
Date of Document:
August 2015
Accessed Date:
2 December 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; conflict; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; female genital mutilation; femicide; freedom of expression; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; marriage; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual violence
Title:
Yemen. Children and armed conflict. Report of the Secretary-General.
Code:
A/70/836–S/2016/360
Source:
United Nations. General Assembly.
Date of Document:
20 April 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
20 April 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; race; religion; sexual violence; social services; tribes/clans
Title:
Yemen. Conflict-related sexual violence. Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
23 March 2015
Accessed Date:
19 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; sexual violence; trafficking in persons
Title:
Submission to the CEDAW Committee on Yemen's Periodic Report
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2015
Accessed Date:
2 December 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Yemen: Childhood Under Threat
Source:
United Nations. Children's Fund.
Date of Document:
August 2015
Accessed Date:
2 December 2015
Keywords:
children; conflict; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; statistics
Title:
Yémen: Les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
22 March 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. State-Sponsored Homophobia. A World Survey of Sexual Orientation Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Special Case: Yemen. Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. Country Reports on Terrorism 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Letter dated 6 April 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the UN addressed to the President of the Security Council
Source:
Permanent Representative of
Yemen to the United Nations
Date of Document:
7 April 2015
Accessed Date:
20 April 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; humanitarian situation; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
AQAP in Southern Yemen: Learning, Adapting and Growing.
Source:
The Jamestown Foundation. Terrorism Monitor.
Date of Document:
14 October 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Information on military service and treatment of deserters / draft evaders in Yemen
Source:
Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI)
Date of Document:
6 November 2014
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems - (No items in this section)
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
Title:
Yemen. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Attacks on Journalists Escalate
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 March 2015
Accessed Date:
29 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; torture
Title:
Yemen. Risking Their Lives: Ongoing Attacks Against Journalists in Bahrain, Iraq, Syria and Yemen
Source:
Gulf Center for Human Rights
Date of Document:
September 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Information on the Bohra religious group in Yemen, including treatment of members by society and authorities (January 2015-December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 December 2015
Accessed Date:
26 January 2016
Keywords:
conflict; minorities; police/security forces; religion
Title:
Yemen: Baha'i Adherent Faces Death Penalty
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 April 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Yemen. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
2 July 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Relationship and treatment of Hashemites by authorities and other groups, including Houthis [Huthis] and extremist groups (2012-August 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 September 2015
Accessed Date:
25 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; minorities; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Security measures and entry and exit controls implemented at airports in the country (2012-June 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 June 2013
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
transport infrastructure
Title:
Task Force on Population Movement. 11th Report Executive Summary.
Source:
Protection Cluster Yemen; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: An overlooked crisis with no end in sight. 2016 Global Report on Internal Displacement.
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council. Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 29 April 2016:
Title:
Yemen. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
21 November 2016
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ym.html
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Yemen: Security and humanitarian situation.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
1 November 2015
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473925/CIG_-_Yemen_-_Security_and_Humanitarian_Situation__3_November_2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 December 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; corruption; country overview; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; marriage; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
Yemen. Amnesty International Annual Report 2014/15: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/yemen/report-yemen/
Accessed Date:
1 December 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; social services; tribes/clans
Title:
Yemen. Freedom in the World 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/yemen
Accessed Date:
20 April 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; citizenship; conflict; corruption; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; government corruption; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; torture; trafficking in persons; tribes/clans
Title:
Situation of Human Rights in Yemen. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
7 September 2015
URL:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session30/Pages/ListReports.aspx
Accessed Date:
19 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; citizenship; conflict; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; organized crime; penal system; political activities; religion; sexual violence; state surveillance
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2014 — Yemen Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
http://www.bti-project.de/uploads/tx_itao_download/BTI_2014_Yemen.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Keywords:
conflict; corruption; election; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; gender equality; internal displacement; judicial corruption; legal system; marriage; minorities; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; tribes/clans
Title:
CFR Backgrounders: Yemen in Crisis
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
8 July 2015
URL:
http://www.cfr.org/yemen/yemen-crisis/p36488
Accessed Date:
2 December 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition
Title:
Yemen. State-Sponsored Homophobia. A World Survey of Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition of Same-Sex Love.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2015
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Paoli Itaborahy
URL:
http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 December 2015
Keywords:
legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Yemen (Tier 3). Trafficking in Persons Report 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2015/243564.htm
Accessed Date:
2 December 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; children; crime; drug trafficking; internal displacement; labour; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons; tribes/clans
Title:
Yemen. Country Reports on Terrorism 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239407.htm
Accessed Date:
4 December 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; extremist/terrorist organizations; legislation; political activities; statistics
Title:
Yemen. Freedom of the Press 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2015/yemen
Accessed Date:
4 December 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; Internet; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; political activities
Title:
Yemen. International Religious Freedom Report for 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2014&dlid=238486
Accessed Date:
7 December 2015
Keywords:
extremist/terrorist organizations; legislation; minorities; political activities; political organizations; religion; statistics
Title:
Yemen. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2015: Events of 2014.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2015
URL:
http://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MRG-state-of-the-worlds-minorities-2015-FULL-TEXT.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 January 2016
Title:
Yemen Situation: Regional Map
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
20 October 2015
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/5639d1644.html
Accessed Date:
1 December 2015
Keywords:
humanitarian situation; map
Title:
Corporate report: Yemen – in-year update July 2015
Source:
United Kingdom. Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Date of Document:
15 July 2015
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/yemen-in-year-update-july-2015/yemen-in-year-update-july-2015
Accessed Date:
1 December 2015
Keywords:
children; conflict; corruption; disappeared persons; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; legal system; marriage; minorities; penal system; political activities; religion
Title:
Yemen – Country of Concern. Human Rights and Democracy: The 2014 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Report.
Source:
United Kingdom. Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Date of Document:
21 January 2015
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/yemen-country-of-concern/yemen-country-of-concern-latest-update-31-december-2014
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Keywords:
children; conflict; corruption; disappeared persons; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; legal system; marriage; minorities; penal system; political activities; religion
Title:
Yemen at War. Crisis Group Middle East Briefing No 45.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
27 March 2015
URL:
http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/Middle%20East%20North%20Africa/Iran%20Gulf/Yemen/b045-yemen-at-war.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 December 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion
Title:
Yemen: End Child Marriage
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 September 2013
URL:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/10/yemen-end-child-marriage
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; gender-based violence; marriage
Title:
Yemen Situation: UNHCR Regional Update #41
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
July 2016
URL:
http://reporting.unhcr.org/sites/default/files/UNHCR%20Yemen%20Situation%20Update%20-%20July%202016.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen Humanitarian Bulletin. Issue 16.
Source:
United Nations. Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
30 September 2016
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-humanitarian-bulletin-issue-16-30-september-2016-enar
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen Crisis Response. Situation Report: 1-30 September 2016.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
30 September 2016
URL:
https://www.iom.int/sitreps/yemen-regional-response-yemen-crisis-situation-report-1-30-september-2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2140 (2014)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
26 January 2016
URL:
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/2016/73
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Mixed Migration in the Horn of Africa and Yemen Region, September 2016.
Source:
Danish Refugee Council
Date of Document:
30 September 2016
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/mixed-migration-horn-africa-and-yemen-region-september-2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Mapping the Yemen Conflict
Source:
European Council on Foreign Relations
URL:
http://www.ecfr.eu/mena/yemen
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Special Report: Yemeni journalists and human rights defenders at risk during wartime
Source:
Gulf Center for Human Rights
Date of Document:
2 May 2015
URL:
http://www.gc4hr.org/report/view/36
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. No Protection, No Respect: Health Workers and Health Facilities Under Attack 2015 and Early 2016.
Source:
Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition
Date of Document:
May 2016
URL:
https://www.safeguardinghealth.org/sites/shcc/files/SHCC2016final.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Is Peace Possible? Middle East & North Africa Report N° 167.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
9 February 2016
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/yemen/yemen-peace-possible
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
They are not here. Incidents of Arbitrary Detention and Enforced Disappearance under the defacto authority of Houthi armed group in Yemen.
Source:
Mwatana Organization for Human Rights
Date of Document:
May 2016
URL:
http://www.mwatana.org/en/3182016530
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Blind Air Strikes. Civilian victims of Saudi-led coalition' air strikes in Yemen.
Source:
Mwatana Organization for Human Rights
Date of Document:
December 2015
URL:
http://www.mwatana.org/en/132016446
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Houthi Landmines Claim Civilian Victims
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 September 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/09/08/yemen-houthi-landmines-claim-civilian-victims
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Cluster Munitions Wounding Civilians
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 February 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/02/14/yemen-cluster-munitions-wounding-civilians
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Huthi forces block vital hospital supplies fuelling humanitarian crisis in Ta'iz
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 February 2016
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/02/yemen-huthi-forces-block-vital-hospital-supplies-fuelling-humanitarian-crisis-in-taiz/
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Houthis Block Vital Goods into Taizz
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
31 January 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/01/31/yemen-houthis-block-vital-goods-taizz
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Taiz: Unremitting suffocating blockade deprives civilians of the dwindling medical care
Source:
Mwatana Organization for Human Rights
Date of Document:
13 November 2015
URL:
http://www.mwatana.org/en/13112015440
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Bombing Businesses: Saudi Coalition Airstrikes on Yemen's Civilian Economic Structures
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 July 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/07/10/bombing-businesses/saudi-coalition-airstrikes-yemens-civilian-economic-structures
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
'Where is my Father?': Detention and Disappearance in Huthi-Controlled Yemen.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 May 2016
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde31/4006/2016/en/
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Saudi-Led Funeral Attack Apparent War Crime
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 October 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/10/13/yemen-saudi-led-funeral-attack-apparent-war-crime
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. Children and armed conflict. Report of the Secretary-General.
Code:
A/70/836–S/2016/360
Source:
United Nations. General Assembly.
Date of Document:
20 April 2016
URL:
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=s/2016/360
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Yémen: Les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
22 March 2016
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1603_yem_les_mutilations_genitales_feminines.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
AQAP in Southern Yemen: Learning, Adapting and Growing.
Source:
The Jamestown Foundation. Terrorism Monitor.
Date of Document:
14 October 2016
URL:
https://jamestown.org/program/aqap-southern-yemen-learning-adapting-growing/
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Information on military service and treatment of deserters / draft evaders in Yemen
Source:
Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI)
Date of Document:
6 November 2014
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=publisher&docid=54913a7f4&skip=0&publisher=CORI&querysi=yemen&searchin=title&sort=date
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. Risking Their Lives: Ongoing Attacks Against Journalists in Bahrain, Iraq, Syria and Yemen
Source:
Gulf Center for Human Rights
Date of Document:
September 2016
URL:
http://www.gc4hr.org/report/download/53
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: Baha'i Adherent Faces Death Penalty
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 April 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/01/yemen-bahai-adherent-faces-death-penalty
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Task Force on Population Movement. 11th Report Executive Summary.
Source:
Protection Cluster Yemen; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
October 2016
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-task-force-population-movement-tfpm-11th-report-executive-summary-october-2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Yemen: An overlooked crisis with no end in sight. 2016 Global Report on Internal Displacement.
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council. Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
Date of Document:
May 2016
URL:
http://www.internal-displacement.org/assets/publications/2016/2016-global-report-internal-displacement-IDMC.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
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