In a historic step, on 11 December 2019, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) along with its partner organisations, including CAAT, submitted a communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the situation in Yemen.
The Communication calls on the ICC to investigate whether arms companies and government ministers and officials, through authorizing and exporting arms to members of the Saudi/UAE-led coalition, have been contributing to serious violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen that may amount to war crimes.
The Communication argues that the economic and political actors involved in the arms trade potentially bear criminal responsibility.
This document answers common questions about the case.
