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03 November 2009

Yemen: Alkarama attends CAT review, Yemeni delegation absent

For only the second time in the history of the Committee against Torture (CAT), a periodic review took place in absence of the State party delegation - the first being Cambodia's initial review on 29 April 2003. Alkarama was present for Yemen's CAT review on 3 November 2009, for which it had submitted a Shadow Report. The Committee's experts unanimously deplored the absence of the Yemeni delegation - further adding to this the fact that the representative of Yemen's Permanent Mission to the UN was also not present.

During the Committee's NGO meeting, Alkarama was able to present its concerns regarding the human rights situation in Yemen to the experts. These included:

- the proliferation of security services, including the Political Security and National Security services
- the elevated occurrence of secret detention
- the practice by state agencies of taking of family members hostage to force other family members out of hiding
- the impact of anti-terrorism measures on the human rights situation in Yemen
- the impact of the conflict in the North of Yemen on the human rights of inhabitants of the region.

Alkarama will continue to monitor compliance by the Yemeni government with the CAT, and specifically the implementation of CATs Concluding Observations on Yemen (due to be adopted in the 3rd week of November).

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Yemen - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 09.02.1987
Optional Protocol: No

State report: Due on 30.03.2015 (6th)
Last concluding observations: 23.04.2012

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 05.11.1991
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

State report: Overdue since 14.05.2014 (3rd)
Last concluding observations: 17.12.2009

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

No

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 01.2014 (2nd cycle)
Next review: -

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

No

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