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STORY: GENEVA / YEMEN HUMAN RIGHTS
TRT: 1:27
SOURCE: UNTV CH-OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 25 AUGUST 2016, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
UNTV CH - RECENT– GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations exterior
UNTV CH - 25 AUGUST 2016, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammad Ali Alnsour, Chief of the Middle East and North Africa Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We are reporting on the violations committed by all parties to the conflict targeting civilian objects and targeting civilian areas. In addition to, of course, targeting protected facilities like hospitals and medical sites, in addition to educational and religious sites.”
OHCHR – DATE UNKNOWN - YEMEN
4. Still photo, destroyed building
UNTV CH - 25 AUGUST 2016, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammad Ali Alnsour, Chief of the Middle East and North Africa Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We documented 500 cases of recruiting children in the conflict, namely by the Houthis, in addition to the violations by the Coalition through the air strikes on markets and civilian areas.”
OHCHR – 25 AUGUST 2016, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
6. Wide shot, Loubani walking outside United Nations Human Rights Office
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amal Loubani, Human Rights Officer, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“From the information gathering from our team in Yemen, there is no reason to believe that women or any other group have been systematically targeted. However, we see that women and children were the most affected of the conflict.”
OHCHR – DATE UNKNOWN - YEMEN
8. Still photo, destroyed building
9. Still photo, dead body
The United Nations Human Right Office (OHCHR) called on the international community to establish an “international, independent body” to carry out comprehensive investigations in Yemen.
In a report released today (25 Aug), OHCHR listed a number of serious allegations of human rights violations and abuses committed by all sides to the Yemeni conflict including attacks on medical, educational, and religious facilities.
OHCHR’s Middle East chief Mohammad Ali Alnsour said the report also documented violations to the Convention on the Rights of Children including 500 cases of child recruitment, mainly by the Houthis, and air strikes on markets and civilians areas carried out by the Saudi-led Coalition.
The report also documented the killing of 3,799 civilian as well as over 6,700 injuries. OHCHR Human Rights Officer Amal Loubani said despite women and children being the most affected by the conflict, there was “no reason to believe that women or any other group have been systematically targeted.” However, OHCHR said in several documented military attacks, it was “unable to identify the presence of possible military objectives.”
