Author: Carl-Philipp Sassenrath

Published: 20 March 2020 Authors: Carl-Philipp Sassenrath and Stefan Talmon

In 2011, uprisings in Yemen sparked a complex political military crisis that has been ongoing ever since. Since March 2015, a coalition of Arab States led by Saudi Arabia has supported the Yemeni Government under President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi in a conflict with the Houthi armed movement and other domestic and regional actors. The coalition, which is comprised of eight other Arab States, receives intelligence, logistical support and weapons from the United States and the United Kingdom. Other States are also reported to have sold arms to the conflicting parties. The Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, which was established in 2017 by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the request of the Human Rights Council, concluded that all parties to the conflict have violated international law. In order to strengthen international accountability, the German Federal Government had lobbied for the establishment of the Group of Eminent Experts.

In their 2018 political agreement establishing a coalition government, the ruling parties in Germany set out their policy with regard to the conflict in Yemen and the export of arms as follows: (more…)

Published: 15 November 2019  Authors: Carl-Philipp Sassenrath and Stefan Talmon  DOI: 10.17176/20220122-162201-0

On 18 September 2016, heavily armed militants stormed an Indian army base in Uri in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir near the so-called “line of control”, the cease-fire line separating the Indian-administered part of Jammu and Kashmir from the part administered by Pakistan. In one of the deadliest attacks for more than 20 years, 18 Indian soldiers were killed. India and Pakistan have been locked in a dispute over the region since the two countries gained independence from British colonial rule in August 1947. India intimated that Pakistan was behind the terrorist attack accusing its neighbour of “continued and direct support to terrorism and terrorist groups.” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned the terror attack in Uri and assured the nation that those behind this despicable attack would not go unpunished. (more…)