PERSPECTIVE
ZOOMING IN
ON THE
YEMEN WAR
The Future of Warfare and
Human Rights in the Middle East
Marius Bales, Marie-Christine Heinze and Max Mutschler
June 2023
PEACE AND SECURITY
The Gulf States and
the Houthis have medium-
to long-range precision-strike
weapons at their disposal and
have repeatedly deployed
them in attacks that evidently
violate International Humani-
tarian Law (IHL) standards.
Governments of major arms
exporting states should reas-
sess their arms exports to
Saudi Arabia and the United
Arab Emirates in light of such
IHL violations and call on
Tehran to invest its share in
stemming the flow of compo-
nents and complete weapon
systems and any support for
the use of these technologies.
Accountability in its various
forms emerges as a central
mechanism for preventing
future international human
rights violations and thus
requires far more interna-
tional support and
attention.
