Yemen: Cluster Munitions Harm Civilians
| Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
| Publication Date | 31 May 2015 |
| Cite as | Human Rights Watch, Yemen: Cluster Munitions Harm Civilians, 31 May 2015, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/556d6ae84.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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Banned cluster munitions have wounded civilians including a child in attacks in Houthi-controlled territory in northern Yemen. Human Rights Watch visited the Saada governorate in northern Yemen, including one of the sites that had been attacked, on May 15 and 16, 2015.
"The Saudi-led coalition and other warring parties in Yemen need to recognize that using banned cluster munitions is harming civilians," said Ole Solvang, senior emergencies researcher. "These weapons can't distinguish military targets from civilians, and their unexploded submunitions threaten civilians, especially children, even long after the fighting."
In one attack, which wounded three people, at least two of them most likely civilians, the cluster munitions were air-dropped, pointing to the Saudi-led coalition as responsible because it is the only party using aircraft. In a second attack, which wounded four civilians, including a child, Human Rights Watch was not able to conclusively determine responsibility because the cluster munitions were ground-fired, but the attack was on an area that has been under attack by the Saudi-led coalition.
Banned cluster munitions have wounded civilians including a child in attacks in Houthi-controlled territory in northern Yemen. Human Rights Watch visited the Saada governorate in northern Yemen, including one of the sites that had been attacked, on May 15 and 16, 2015.
"The Saudi-led coalition and other warring parties in Yemen need to recognize that using banned cluster munitions is harming civilians," said Ole Solvang, senior emergencies researcher. "These weapons can't distinguish military targets from civilians, and their unexploded submunitions threaten civilians, especially children, even long after the fighting."
In one attack, which wounded three people, at least two of them most likely civilians, the cluster munitions were air-dropped, pointing to the Saudi-led coalition as responsible because it is the only party using aircraft. In a second attack, which wounded four civilians, including a child, Human Rights Watch was not able to conclusively determine responsibility because the cluster munitions were ground-fired, but the attack was on an area that has been under attack by the Saudi-led coalition.
