The Council on human rights, the UN decided to establish a special Commission to investigate war crimes in Yemen. About it reports Reuters.
The compromise was achieved after much debate between the representatives of the Arab countries and the Western powers. In the end, the decision was made by consensus without a vote. His delegation had already expressed agreement with the idea of forming a Commission that will deal with the establishment of the facts and circumstances of war crimes, and also identify those responsible for committing them.
In mid-August, human rights activists from Amnesty International accused Saudi Arabia, striking at the Yemeni cities of Sanaa, Aden and Taizu in the Commission of war crimes. According to representatives of the organization, the conflict has killed more than four thousand people, half of them civilians.
In September 2014, after the order was seized by Shiite rebels housetop, dissatisfied with the authorities of the country. They launched an offensive to the South. After the rebels took Aden, the last major stronghold of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the head of state in March 2015, fled to Saudi Arabia. At the end of the month, the coalition led by the Saudis, began a military campaign against the Houthis to return to power Hadi. As a result of air attacks have killed hundreds of Yemenis. In mid-July, troops supporting the former President, with the assistance of the coalition forces captured the port city of Aden in the South, the battle which was in the spring.