Within the project of promoting justice and accountability mechanisms in Yemen. The Center for Strategic Studies to Support Women and Children has held a hearing session for victims .

Today, Tuesday, 7th May 2024 , the Center for Strategic Studies to Support Women and Children in Taiz Governorate has held out a hearing session for victims and survivors to discuss "the challenges of justice and accountability for human rights violations against women and children and the strategy for developing their mechanisms."

This comes within the framework of the project of promoting justice and accountability mechanisms in Yemen, in cooperation with DTI, in the presence of the Chief Prosecutor of Appeal in Taiz Governorate, Judge Muhammad Sultan, the Deputy Prosecutor of East & west Taiz court, Judges Muhammad Abdul Malik and Abdul Rahman Qassem, a judge and member of the children Prosecution Zabiba Amin, a social expert at the children Court Ilham Ahmed, the Minister of Social Affairs in the Youth Government, Najat Farhan, a member of the Socialist Youth Union Sarah Jalal, and a teacher and community activist Walaa Abdul-Rahim.

The session began with an introduction by the facilitator, Mr. Mohamed Al-Sari, in which he spoke about international humanitarian law, reviewing the issue of mines and their dangers to society, pointing to the world's orientation towards the Itau Treaty and the demining program.

In the first session, three victims were heard, including an elderly woman who was sniped twice, and exposed to a mine explosion led to the amputation of her left leg.

The second victim, a child who was hit by a mine explosion that resulted in the amputation of her right leg and the loss of her left eye, was also heard. The third victim, a seven-year-old girl, was sniped last Ramadan in Al-Zahra neighborhood, north of Taiz city.

In the second session, the participants were divided into two groups, during which the impact of mines and sniping on victims, society and the state was discussed, and the duties of society and the state towards victims of mines and sniping were defined.

During the second session, the head of the appeals prosecution in Taiz, Judge Muhammad Sultan, spoke about the ugliness of the crime and that snipers make children and elderly adults a hunting field and a target for them to train, pointing to a number of examples in Yemen and outside Yemen.

Attendees also told many stories and similar cases of victims, through working groups.

The session concluded with a number of recommendations and proposals, including the establishment of a database of mined areas, reparation for victims and survivors, as well as the generalization of dangerous areas that are still mined.