UN rights chief calls for international probe of Yemen violations

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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein leaves after addressing a press conference in Colombo on February 9, 2016. The United Nations' human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein began his first visit to Sri Lanka Saturday to gauge the island's progress in investigating allegations troops committed atrocities during a prolonged civil war. AFP PHOTO / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP PHOTO / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein leaves after addressing a press conference in Colombo on February 9, 2016. The United Nations’ human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein began his first visit to Sri Lanka Saturday to gauge the island’s progress in investigating allegations troops committed atrocities during a prolonged civil war. AFP PHOTO /

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations called Thursday for the creation of an independent international body to investigate an array of alleged serious violations in war-torn Yemen.

Yemenis are suffering “unbearably (and) absent any form of accountability and justice, while those responsible for the violations and abuses against them enjoy impunity,” UN rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a statement.

He insisted that “such a manifestly protracted unjust situation must no longer be tolerated by the international community,” and called for the creation of “an international, independent investigative body to carry out comprehensive investigations.”

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