The Legitimacy of Military Intervention in Yemen and Its Impacts

Abstract

Recently, some Arab governments, including Yemen, have requested other states to intervene militarily to eliminate the protests and popular movements that challenge their powers under the justifications for consensual interventions, resulting in the emergence of armed civil conflicts many violations of human rights. This type of interference contradicts the provisions of the United Nations Charter and other international conventions that prohibit military force in international relations. However, this interference almost becomes recognized by states without any opposition. For more than six years, no initiatives have been made to resolve the dispute between the parties involved in Yemen’s war because Yemen is considered less strategically important for the permanent members’ interests than Saudi Arabia. As with other problems and humanitarian crises (Syria and Libya), the UNSC member states tend to leave Yemen’s diplomatic initiatives to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General.