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emeni grooms dressed in traditional attire attend a mass wedding, held by the Houthis for thousands of couples, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, December 02, 2021
MORE than 60 civil society groups are calling on the United Nations to urgently set up a new independent body to investigate war crimes in Yemen.
It comes after the UN Human Rights Council voted in October against renewing the mandate for the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (GEE) — the only independent and impartial mechanism documenting crimes by all parties in the conflict.
It’s understood that Saudi Arabia, which has been accused of war crimes in Yemen, heavily lobbied Human Rights Council members against the resolution to extend the probe.
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
