Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ann Clwyd (Labour), on Tuesday, 15 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

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Accountability for violations in Yemen

That this House expresses deep concern at the catastrophic human cost of the war in Yemen, where hundreds of thousands of Yemeni civilians have been killed in the fighting and by disease and where millions have been deeply traumatised, are cut off from vital aid and are on the brink of starvation; notes the release of the report by the UN Group of Eminent Experts on the Yemen in September, which highlights the potential complicity of countries selling arms and providing other assistance to the Saudi-led coalition, including the UK, the US and France, in light of alleged ongoing violations of international law by the coalition; further notes the need to investigate and prosecute a number of politicians and military officers from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemeni Government military forces and the Iran-aligned Houthi rebel movement; stresses the need for all warring parties to respect their international humanitarian obligations and to agree a total ceasefire and an end to the conflict; and calls on the UK Government, which is the penholder at the UN Security Council on Yemen, to suspend all arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, to support the negotiation of a ceasefire and a political settlement, and to ensure, with others in the international community, that those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law are held to account.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

17 

Session

2019-19

Other sponsors

Tom Brake

Stephen Twigg

Jim Shannon

Alison Thewliss

Hugh Gaffney

Subjects

Armed conflict Saudi Arabia Yemen

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk