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Fri Sep 29, 2017, 12:30 PM Sep 2017

U.N. agrees international experts to probe Yemen war crimes

Source: Reuters

#WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 / 12:01 PM / UPDATED 28 MINUTES AGO

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations agreed on Friday to establish a group of eminent experts to examine all human rights violations committed in Yemen’s war and to identify those responsible.

In a last-minute compromise hammered out between Western powers and Arab countries, the U.N. Human Rights Council adopted by consensus with a vote a resolution which the Yemen delegation said it accepted.

“A credible international investigation is necessary in order to comprehensively, transparently, independently and impartially establish facts and circumstances surrounding violations with a view to put an end to the cycle of impunity in Yemen,” the Dutch delegate told the forum on behalf of a core group of Western states.

Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; editng by Tom Miles


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-un/u-n-agrees-international-experts-to-probe-yemen-war-crimes-idUSKCN1C42DH



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