The Human Rights Council rejects a draft resolution to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts to Monitor Violations in Yemen
The United Nations Human Rights Council rejected a draft resolution submitted by a group of European countries calling for an extension of the mandate of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts in charge of monitoring grave human rights violations in Yemen for a period of two years.
The Arab Group of the Council confirmed – in a session held this evening in Geneva within the framework of the 48th session – that the draft resolution provides the Houthis with the ground to continue the coup they carried out against the legitimate government in Yemen and encourages them not to comply with Security Council resolutions related to the Yemeni conflict.
China’s delegate to the council called for not putting pressure on countries under the pretext of human rights.
The countries that rejected the draft resolution indicated that there is no need for two different draft resolutions regarding Yemen, stressing their support for the project supported by the Arab Group and a large number of countries regarding providing technical support to the Yemeni National Human Rights Committee to carry out the necessary investigations into those violations.
It is noteworthy that the Human Rights Council has 47 member states with the right to vote, and the result of the vote was as follows: 21 countries voted to reject the draft resolution and 18 countries supported the draft, while 7 countries abstained.
