{"id":35474,"date":"2017-11-27T18:20:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/35474-rights-group-taking-uae-to-icc-over-yemen-war-crimes.html"},"modified":"2017-11-27T18:20:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:20:02","slug":"rights-group-taking-uae-to-icc-over-yemen-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/35474-rights-group-taking-uae-to-icc-over-yemen-war-crimes.html","title":{"rendered":"Rights group taking UAE to ICC over Yemen 'war crimes'"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n             A rights organisation is taking the United Arab Emirates to the International Criminal Court over allegations of war crimes in Yemen, the group's lawyer told AFP on Monday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK accuses the UAE government, part of a Saudi-led coalition fighting Huthi rebels in Yemen, of \"indiscriminate attacks against civilians\", lawyer Joseph Breham said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The case filed at the international court in The Hague also charges the UAE with using banned weapons in the conflict and hiring mercenaries to carry out torture.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The UAE has been supporting Riyadh-backed Yemeni government forces since March 2015 in their conflict against the rebels, who are backed by Saudi Arabia's regional arch-rival Iran.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The UAE has been playing a key role in the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen, which was launched two years ago to roll back Huthi rebel gains but has expanded to counter jihadist advances.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            UN officials say Yemen could face the world's largest famine in decades unless the Saudi-led coalition's crippling blockade on ports and airports is lifted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            UN children's fund UNICEF warned Sunday that more than 11 million children in war-torn Yemen are in desperate need of humanitarian aid.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The devastating war has since killed some 8,600 people, while a further 2,000 have died of cholera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rights organisation is taking the United Arab Emirates to the International Criminal Court over allegations of war crimes in Yemen, the group's lawyer told AFP on Monday. 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