Yemen, Saudi-led military intervention and international law

Yemen, Saudi-led military intervention and international law

On 25 March 2015, Saudi Arabia launched a military intervention, known as “Operation Decisive Storm”, in civil war stricken Yemen changing the status of the conflict from ‘non-international armed conflict’ (NIAC) to ‘international armed conflict’ (IAC). Saudi Arabia conducted the operation in respon...

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Main Authors: Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib, Lawan Haruna, Abdulrashid
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Law, Accountancy and International Relations, UniSZA 2015
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K Law (General)
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spelling iium-433732016-05-10T09:02:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43373/ Yemen, Saudi-led military intervention and international law Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Lawan Haruna, Abdulrashid K Law (General) On 25 March 2015, Saudi Arabia launched a military intervention, known as “Operation Decisive Storm”, in civil war stricken Yemen changing the status of the conflict from ‘non-international armed conflict’ (NIAC) to ‘international armed conflict’ (IAC). Saudi Arabia conducted the operation in response to de jury Yemeni government request, headed by President Abd Rabb Mansur Hadi, and in coordination with a coalition comprising the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Pakistan and Egypt. The United States is on the side of the coalition providing ‘logistical and intelligence support’. The de facto Yemeni government is led by Abdul Malik al-Houthi (a Zaidi Shia Muslim) and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh (a Sunni Muslim). The de facto government is supported by Iran. Some observers describe the war in Yemen as a proxy war fought on behalf of Iran and Saudi government and the victims of the war are the poor and innocent people of Yemen. The conflict in Yemen raises numerous questions that this paper attempt to answer. Does the Operation Decisive Storm a lawful use of force? Is Iran’s support to Houthi- led de facto government lawful? Is this conflict an international armed conflict or a non-international armed conflict? Does international humanitarian law (IHL) applies to the conflict in Yemen and if so do the parties to the conflict abide by their obligation under international law? These questions will be discussed in this paper with reference to the relevant international law provisions using the primary sources as well as the subsidiary sources of the law. Faculty of Law, Accountancy and International Relations, UniSZA 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43373/1/yemen%2C_saudi-led_military.pdf Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib and Lawan Haruna, Abdulrashid (2015) Yemen, Saudi-led military intervention and international law. In: 4th International Conference on Law & Society (ICLAS IV) 2015 , 10th-11th May 2015, Auditorium, Academic Building (UniSZA), Kuala Trengganu. https://www.unisza.edu.my/iclas2015/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured
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Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
Lawan Haruna, Abdulrashid
Yemen, Saudi-led military intervention and international law
description On 25 March 2015, Saudi Arabia launched a military intervention, known as “Operation Decisive Storm”, in civil war stricken Yemen changing the status of the conflict from ‘non-international armed conflict’ (NIAC) to ‘international armed conflict’ (IAC). Saudi Arabia conducted the operation in response to de jury Yemeni government request, headed by President Abd Rabb Mansur Hadi, and in coordination with a coalition comprising the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Pakistan and Egypt. The United States is on the side of the coalition providing ‘logistical and intelligence support’. The de facto Yemeni government is led by Abdul Malik al-Houthi (a Zaidi Shia Muslim) and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh (a Sunni Muslim). The de facto government is supported by Iran. Some observers describe the war in Yemen as a proxy war fought on behalf of Iran and Saudi government and the victims of the war are the poor and innocent people of Yemen. The conflict in Yemen raises numerous questions that this paper attempt to answer. Does the Operation Decisive Storm a lawful use of force? Is Iran’s support to Houthi- led de facto government lawful? Is this conflict an international armed conflict or a non-international armed conflict? Does international humanitarian law (IHL) applies to the conflict in Yemen and if so do the parties to the conflict abide by their obligation under international law? These questions will be discussed in this paper with reference to the relevant international law provisions using the primary sources as well as the subsidiary sources of the law.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
Lawan Haruna, Abdulrashid
author_facet Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
Lawan Haruna, Abdulrashid
author_sort Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
title Yemen, Saudi-led military intervention and international law
title_short Yemen, Saudi-led military intervention and international law
title_full Yemen, Saudi-led military intervention and international law
title_fullStr Yemen, Saudi-led military intervention and international law
title_full_unstemmed Yemen, Saudi-led military intervention and international law
title_sort yemen, saudi-led military intervention and international law
publisher Faculty of Law, Accountancy and International Relations, UniSZA
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/43373/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/43373/1/yemen%2C_saudi-led_military.pdf
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