Maonah Association for Human Rights and American Immigration signs agreement with Yemeni network
Yemen
Yamanat
The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms and the Maonah American Association for Human Rights and Immigration announced the signing of a strategic partnership and cooperation agreement.
The signing took place between Muhammad Al-Omda, President of the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms, and Mr. Aziz Zaid, Secretary General of the Maonah Association for Human Rights and Immigration, who highlighted the importance of this partnership and its role in building a strong and unified human rights front to advance issues at the international level.
This partnership creates a unified human rights front that focuses on developing mechanisms for on-the-ground monitoring and documentation of violations, and transferring them directly to international platforms and relevant international bodies.
The mayor explained that the partnership is “necessary to develop monitoring and documentation mechanisms, and to improve international bodies’ access to precise information on violations committed by the Sanaa authorities against civilians”, stressing that this cooperation will represent “a strong impetus to make the voices of victims heard on a global scale”.
For his part, Zaid stressed that the association’s headquarters in New York will “shed light on crimes in Yemen in the most important human rights capitals of the world” and open effective communication channels with international institutions concerned with human rights and refugees.
The agreement is based on several main axes, including:
• Prepare joint reports on human rights violations.
• Implement training and qualification programs for human rights executives.
• Unify the methodology for collecting evidence and documenting violations.
• Launch international advocacy campaigns
• Strengthen the presence of the Yemeni case before UN organizations and international judicial bodies.
Both sides stressed that this partnership comes at a time when human rights challenges are increasing in Yemen and there is an increasing need to unify efforts and raise the voices of victims, particularly in light of cases of kidnappings, enforced disappearances, displacement and widespread violations against women, children and civil society.
Both sides concluded by emphasizing that the signing of this agreement represents “a strategic step in the right direction to build an effective Yemeni human rights system, capable of having international influence, defending usurped rights and making a real difference on the path to justice.”
Yemen