Saudi-led Arab Coalition to back up the legitimate government of Yemen lays stress on protecting civilians, as a top priority, through taking all safeguards, at avail, to provide them with protection and mitigate loses, among them. Arab-led Coalition Forces' Command, continuously, reiterates respect for, commitment to Human International Law rules and human rights, a matter shown in the commanders and soldiers respect for these rules. This protection includes personnel's of medical units, human rights and relief organizations and media men, in addition to closely work with the UN agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross to carry out with their delegated humane tasks, in order to guarantee respect for the Human International Law and protecting civilians. An independent team formed by the Coalition Forces, comprising well qualified and specialized senior officers, military counselors and experts, in the domain of weaponry, Human International Law, is assessing events, verification measurements and adopted tackling mechanism to improve their workings, to get a clear-cut, complete and objective report, on every case, including deductions, useful lessons, recommendations and required future measurements, under the supervision of the coalition countries taking part in the previously called Determination Storm operations and Restoration of Hope, nowadays, in order to restore legitimacy, in Yemen. Attention is also paid to maintain the infrastructures, in Yemen, in villages as well as cities, which are the main battle ground witnessing direct skirmishes with the Houthi militias and ousted Saleh forces. Though Geneva Convention and the Additional Protocol prohibit using of civilians as a war device or human shields, by positioning them, at military installations and facilities, however the Houthi and Saleh forces are positioning themselves, among the civilians. Houthi militias attempts to spread a revenge process through a systematic policy, as they resort to stationing scores of people as human shields, an advocate related to Hudd Human Rights Committee emphasized, upholding the Houthi full legal, ethical and humanitarian responsibility against the Yemeni people and the world, entire. The Coalition for the legitimacy, in Yemen, has, frequently, called on the Houthis and the coup forces to evacuate cities, such as Saadah, of its inhabitants, as soon as possible, prior to waging airstrikes against Houthis and pro Saleh forces' strongholds and hideouts. In the same context, a secret report concluded by UN experts, observing imposition of sanctions on Yemen, accused Houthis of using civilians as human shields. The UN report added that the Houthis used to conceal fighters and ammunitions near to civilians, in Mocha of Taiz governorate, in a deliberate intention to thwart attacking them, in a flagrant violation of the human international law. Earlier, the media spokesman of the joint team for assessing events, in Yemen, Mansur Al-Mansur said that accusing the Arab Coalition of committing civilians, at the Republican hospital, in Saadah, is inaccurate, pointing to the Houthis using of civil facilities for military purposes.
