The Yemen Crisis from the Perspective of the International Community with Reference to the United Nations Charter

The aim of this study is to examine the Yemen crisis from the perspective of the international community with a focus on the United Nations Charter. The research method is descriptive-analytical, and the results indicate that, regardless of the objectives of Saudi Arabia and its allied states in attacking Yemen, and independent of whether the aggression against Yemen was legal under the rule prohibiting the use of force in international relations—which is the cornerstone of the formation of the United Nations—and irrespective of whether the Yemen conflict is classified as international, all parties involved in the Yemen war are bound by the treaties to which they are signatories. Based on this framework, and relying on extensive and legally admissible evidence, it can be concluded that the forces attacking Yemen have repeatedly committed three international crimes: "war crimes", "crimes against humanity", and "genocide." The perpetrators of these crimes must be pursued, tried, and punished according to existing treaties by competent judicial authorities. Furthermore, Yemen’s courts and the courts of the signatory states of the four Geneva Conventions (1949) are considered the most appropriate judicial bodies, given their universal jurisdiction.