Yemen: Key Human Rights Concerns for UN Envoy

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Aid is delivered in Aslam, Hajjah, Yemen, September 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Hammadi Issa (Beirut, September 12, 2021) – The new United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, should make human rights concerns front and center as he begins his work, Human Rights Watch said today. The Swedish diplomat succeeds Martin Griffiths, who held the role from 2018 to 2021. As Grundberg begins his role, the impact of the conflict on the humanitarian and human rights situation should be at the heart of his talks with the parties to the conflict. By mid-2021 the armed conflict…

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