The Yemen Accountability Project (YAP) is proud to announce the publication of its sixth white paper, Torture and the Yemen Civil War. Torture is a crime of such gravity that the International Court of Justice has identified it as jus cogens, or a peremptory norm of international law. Despite the crime’s universal prohibition, YAP has identified numerous instances of torture committed by all parties to the Yemen Civil War, as well as a pervasive failure to prevent and punish perpetrators. YAP’s most recent White Paper documents these violations of international humanitarian and international human rights law and recommends mechanisms through which perpetrators of torture may be held accountable and victims may seek justice.
YAP is a student-led initiative at °Ç¸çºÚÁÏ School of Law founded in 2018 as a cooperative effort between legal scholars, non-governmental organizations, students and other interested parties. It is funded by a generous annual grant from Timothy Geisse. Under the guidance of its Faculty Advisor, Professor Jim Johnson, the project’s members investigate and analyze open-source materials covering the Yemeni Civil War with a goal to provide the foundation for eventual prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity before domestic or international courts.