Domestic implementation of international criminal law
Republic of Yemen
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Crimes Crime of Aggression
No provision
Crimes Against Humanity
No provision
Genocide
No provision
War Crimes
War crimes are provided for under Articles 20 and 21 of Law No. 21/1998 relative to military offences and penalties (Military Code 1998). [Full text in Arab available under the Resources and Links section below].
Related Documents:
Republic decree No. (36) for the year 2009 concerning the reformation of the National Committee of International Humanitarian Law (IHL).
14 March 2009. [ENG]
Law No. 25 for the year 2005 Regarding the Prohibition of Producing, Possessing, Using, Transferring and Trading with Anti-Personnel Mines .
19 April 2005. [ENG]
Décret présidentiel n° 408/1999 sur la création d'un Comité national pour les affaires de droit international humanitaire.
11 décembre 1999. [FRA]
Loi No. 43/1999 sur l'organisation et l'usage des emblèmes du croissant rouge et de la croix rouge et interdiction de l'abus de leur usage.
20 septembre 1999. [FRA]
Jurisdiction ➤ Territorial jurisdiction is provided for under Article 3 of Republican Decree for Law No 12 for the Year 1994 Concerning Crimes and Penalties: [Full text in English available under the Resources and Links section below].
"Territorial jusrisdiction
➤ Jurisdiction over war crimes is also provided under Articles 3-5 of Law No. 21/1998 relative to military offences and penalties (Military Code 1998). Article 5 thereof states that the courts of Yemen may exercise jurisdiction over any person subject to the military code who has committed outside the Republic of Yemen an act punished by this code, whether as a principal or an accomplice, even if the crime is not punishable in the country where it was committed. [Full text in Arab available under the Resources and Links section below].
Article (3): This Law is applicable for all the crimes that occur within the territory of THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN, notwithstanding the citizenship of the perpetrator thereof; a crime is deemed to have occurred in THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN territory, if any of the deeds that constitutes such a crime occur, any time such crime is perpetrated partially or fully in THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN territory, this Law shall be applicable thereto on anyone who participates therein, even if such participation is undertaken overseas.
This law also applies to the crimes that occur outside THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN territory; which Yemeni courts have jurisdiction over in accordance with the Law for Criminal Proceedings."
International Criminal Court
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: The Republic of Yemen signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 28 December 2000 but has not ratified it yet. The Republic of Yemen is not a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The Constitution of the Republic of Yemen. (Amended via a Public Referendum – held on February 20, 2001).
refworld, UNHCR. [ENG]. [Last accessed 27Feb18]. [External Link to pdf document]
Republican Decree for Law No 21 for the Year 1998. (Law No. 21/1998 relative to military offences and penalties. Military Code 1998).
University of Minnesota Human Rights Center. [ARA]. [Last accessed 27Feb18]. [External Link to pdf document]
Republican Decree for Law No 12 for the Year 1994 Concerning Crimes and Penalties.
refworld, UNHCR. [ENG]. [Last accessed 27Feb18]. [External Link to pdf document]
Republican Decree – By Law No. [13] For 1994 Concerning the Criminal Procedures.
refworld, UNHCR. [ENG]. [Last accessed 27Feb18]. [External Link to pdf document]
Guide to Law Online: Yemen.
Library of Congress. [ENG]. [Last accessed 27Feb18]. [External Link]
List of International Humanitarian Law Treaties to which Yemen is a State party.
International Committee of the Red Cross. [ENG]. [Last accessed 27Feb18]. [External Link]
The War in Yemen:
The War in Yemen: A Compilation of Legislation in the 115th Congress. (Congressional Research Service, 20 December 2017).
Project on Government Secrecy, Federation of American Scientists. [ENG]. [Last accessed 27Feb18]. [External Link to pdf document]
Islamic International Paramilitary Organizations: Yemen.
Equipo Nizkor. [ENG]. [Last accessed 27Feb18].
Yemen In Focus.
International Committee of the Red Cross. [ENG]. [Last accessed 27Feb18]. [External Link]
Yemen.
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. [ENG]. [Last accessed 27Feb18]. [External Link]Resolution 2342 (2017) renewing sanctions on Yemen until 26Feb18
United Nations Security Council, S/RES/2342 (2017), 23 February 2017 [ENG]
Resolución 2342 (2017) prorrogando las sanciones contra Yemen hasta el 26feb18
Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas, S/RES/2342 (2017), 23 febrero 2017. [SPA]
Résolution 2342 (2017) reconduisant les sanctions contre le Yémen jusqu'au 26fév18
Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies, S/RES/2342 (2017), 23 février 2017 [FRA]
Резолюция 2342 (2017)
Совет Безопасности, Организация Объединенных Наций, S/RES/2342 (2017), 23фев17 [RUS]