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The Siyaj Organization for Child Protection renews its call to the Yemeni Parliament to pass a law setting a safe age for girls to marry. Siyaj calls for adopting the principle of a gradual approach to the age of marriage, allowing the judge or legally authorized body to properly assess the best interests of theContinue reading “Siyaj renews the Yemeni parliament’s call to pass a law that sets a safe age for girls to marry.”
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Lawyers and human rights activists agreed on the necessity for Yemen to enact national legislation criminalizing the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts, including deterrent penalties for perpetrators of this serious violation, and to align all national legislation with relevant international conventions and treaties, most notably the Convention on the Rights of theContinue reading “The fence and the Bar Association: National legislation must be enacted criminalizing the recruitment of children and imposing deterrent penalties.”
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The Seyaj Organization agreed today with Major General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, Commander of the 1st Armored Division and the Northwestern Military Region, on a joint timeline for the demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration of recruits suspected of being under 18. As part of its campaign against child recruitment, the Seyaj Organization called on UNICEF Yemen toContinue reading “Fence: 100 Yemeni soldiers under the age of 18 were discharged”
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In the program “Sharia and Life” on Al Jazeera, in the episode broadcast on Sunday evening, April 4, 2010, Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, in response to a question regarding the ongoing controversy in Yemen concerning the legal age of marriage for young girls, stated that Islamic legislation aims to achieve the best interests of people inContinue reading “Sheikh Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi advises Yemenis to set the age of marriage for girls at 16.”
