Healing Yemen – Upholding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Republic of Yemen

€ 36,99

Almost 100,000 children under the age of five are at risk of dying in Yemen as the country slides back into a hunger crisis; due to economic instability, corruption and the ongoing civil war - which have led to the highest levels of malnutrition ever recorded in parts of the country. Serious malnutrition in southern Yemen has risen 10% this year, but rose to 15% among under-fives. “Yemen is on the brink of a catastrophic food security crisis. If the war doesn’t end now, we are nearing an irreversible situation and risk losing an entire generation of Yemen’s young children,” said the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for the country. Also, children in Yemen are suffering with cholera, diphtheria and dengue fever and contagious diseases - which have stalked Yemen since the outbreak of war six years ago. For patients and doctors here, in what the UN says is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, coronavirus barely registers. The ongoing civil war in Yemen between the western-backed Saudi coalition and Iran-supported Houthi rebels shows no sign of stopping. And the financial currency of Yemen, the rial, has lost two-thirds of its value since the conflict began and continues to slide, making it harder and harder to put food on the table. A rise in food prices, coupled with devastating aid cuts, means that a widespread famine is once again threatening Yemen. Responsible for restoring rule of law and political stability in the country is the President of Yemen - namely President Hadi - who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and also head of the executive branch of the Yemeni government. Hence it is imperative that President Hadi puts an end to the civil war and the political corruption in Yemen - so that rule of law, fundamental human rights and economic stability can be restored in Yemen. However, if President Hadi is unwilling to fight the political corruption in the country, I am quite happy to take the responsibility for such a crackdown in Yemen. So if the leaders of Yemen are unable to get their house in order, I am quite willing to do it for them. This also means that Saudi Arabia and Iran must finally withdraw their military forces in Yemen; and stop exploiting the humanitarian crisis for their own ends - both countries using Yemen as a proxy to pursue their struggle for regional influence, without concern for the needs of ordinary people. Hence President Hadi must finally restore fundamental human rights in Yemen; or he must be removed from office.