Government responds to USAs Human Rights Report [Archives:2002/23/Front Page]

A recent report by the Yemeni Higher Committee of Human Rights said the US State Departments Report on the situation of human rights in Yemen in 2001 came to stress the United States of Americas readiness to follow up developments on human rights conditions in Yemen, giving depth to the Yemeni-U.S relationships.
However, it said there were paragraphs showing non-comprehension of the volume of cooperation and special relationship between the two countries.
The report explains the development in human rights in Yemen over the last 12 years.
It said the Republic of Yemen paid attention to the issue of Human Rights. This has clearly emerged since the Yemeni reunification in 1990 and the changes that accompanied it, most notably in the structure of the Yemeni political system based on democracy, political pluralism and freedom of opinion and expression.
All these changes have reflected themselves in one way or another in Yemens legislations and laws that have in turn seen great development in various political, civil, social and economic areas.
Consequently those legislations have given full protection to Yemeni Human Rights considered as a wonderful addition to be proud of in the development of human rights. All this confirms the volume of change the Yemeni Republic has made in a 12-year span of time.
Berthed from Yemens keenness to develop the true path, a ministry for human rights was created within the government of April 2000. The post was entrusted, for the first time, to a woman. This is another addition to the achievements of the Yemeni government.
There is also the National Higher Committee for Human Rights (NHCHR) in Yemen which has been set up under a Presidential Decree and is chaired by the prime minister. NHCHRs Vice-Chairman is head of the Presidency Office with a number of ministers, interested in human rights issue.
The Yemen Times will be publishing the informal translation of the report in its coming issues.

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