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Time for a Reckoning in Yemen

Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen Rapp writes that "Americans are also at risk … of complicity in the crimes committed by coalition forces" in the…

Advocating for a Separate Designation Criterion on Starvation

On May 24, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2417 (2018) on conflict-related food insecurity. In many ways, the resolution is a welcome first step in drawing…

International Law is Meant to Prevent What’s Happening in Yemen–On Humanitarian Relief Operations and Starvation

Every day brings worse news from Yemen. This morning, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced that water and sewage systems in three cities in Yemen – Hodeidah,…
A malnourished child lies in a bed at a therapeutic feeding centre in a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, 12 November 2017.

Saudi Arabia’s Stranglehold on Yemen Has Already Condemned Thousands to Die in the Coming Weeks

What happens when the world’s largest humanitarian crisis takes a dramatic turn for the worse?  A catastrophe of astonishing proportions is unfolding before our eyes as Yemen’s…
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