Children And Armed Conflict In Yemen

EDM number 138 in 2016-17, proposed by Tasmina Sheikh on 06/06/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Arms control, Children and families, Human rights, International law, Middle East and Military operations.

That this House notes the UN Annual Report on children and armed conflict which has noted alarming trends relating to the number of children directly involved in the current conflict in the Yemen; recognises the work carried out by Save the Children in this area; supports calls made by Save the Children for the Government to support the establishment of an international impartial mechanism to investigate alleged violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws by all parties to the conflict in Yemen; and calls on the Government to suspend arms export licenses and reject new applications for arms exports to any parties that risk using them in contravention of international humanitarian and human rights law.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.