Yemeni human rights activist confirms invalidity of Emirati agreement with pro-coalition government

A Yemeni jurist confirmed on Friday that the agreement between the UAE and the government loyal to the Saudi-led coalition is invalid from the legal and constitutional point of view, because it violates local and international laws and the Yemeni constitution.

“The Emirati agreement with the pro-coalition government lacks legal and constitutional legitimacy, since signing the anti-terrorism agreement is one of the tasks of the Ministry of Interior and not of the Ministry of Defense,” Judge Anwar Al-Mahbashi, head of the Supreme Human Rights and Legal Front in Yemen, said in a statement to the “Yemen Press Agency”.

Al-Mahbashi added that such an agreement did not pass through the constitutional institutions, foremost of which is the House of Representatives and the Presidency of the Republic, in granting the UAE the right to military intervention in Yemen.

Al-Mahbashi pointed out that the UAE seeks, through this agreement, to avoid legal prosecution for new crimes it plans by using aircraft against its opponents, similar to what happened in the massacre of supporters of Islah Party at Al-Alam Point, east of Aden, on August 29, 2019, which led to the death and injury of 300 Islahi elements.

YPA