The legal classification of the armed conflict in Yemen

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 80, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), course: law, language: English, abstract: The situation in Yemen has now turned into an international debate and the mechanisms to deal with the situation have remained unanswered. The conflict began when the Yemeni protected against the President Ali Abduallah Salah with the aim of regime change due to the failure of the government to tackle the issues of poor economy, insecurity, corruption, and exclusive governance and low standard of living and many more. The situation has turned the country apart and the situation of violence is still remains unresolved since 2011.

In this regard, the present study intends to cover the historical framework of the situation in Yemen, the legal framework of the conflict, the scopes of armed conflicts, and how does International Humanitarian Law (IHL) classify the armed conflict in Yemen and lastly the legal conclusion.