UN agrees international experts to probe Yemen war crimes

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations agreed on Friday to establish a group of eminent experts to examine all human rights violations committed in Yemen’s war and to identify those responsible. In a last-minute compromise hammered out between Western powers and Arab countries, the U.N. Human Rights Council adopted by consensus with a vote a resolution which the Yemen delegation said it accepted. “A credible international investigation is necessary in order to comprehensively, transparently, independently and impartially establish facts and circumstances surrounding violations with a view to put an end to the cycle of impunity in Yemen,” the Dutch delegate told the forum on behalf of a core group of Western states.