Skip to main content

Republic of Yemen

Citizenship and Country Documents

US Government Reports

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • YEM104948.E - Requirements and procedures for obtaining a passport, both inside and outside the country; instances when a person would not be issued a passport - September 2014
    • YEM104474.E - Security measures and entry and exit controls implemented at airports in the country – June 2013
    • ZZZ103446.E - Whether an Ethiopian-born citizen, whose father is a citizen of Yemen, is entitled to Yemen citizenship; if so, what procedures must be followed in order to obtain Yemen citizenship; whether obtaining citizenship is automatic upon application, or whether there are conditions, such as renouncing Ethiopian citizenship - April 2010

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Children

US Government Reports

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • Ongoing violations amid conflict: Amnesty International’s submission to the 46th session of the UPR Working Group, April-May 2024 - Oct. 2023
    • Report on executions of persons who were children at the rime of the offence (covering 1990 - 2022) -  May 2023
    • Yemen's Dark Side - Discrimination and Violence Against Women and Girls - Nov 2009
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • "How Come You Allow Little Girls to Get Married?" - Child Marriage in Yemen - Dec 2012
    • Classrooms in the Crosshairs - Military Use of Schools in Yemen's Capital - Sept. 2012

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Corruption

Non-Government Organization Reports

Human Rights Watch -  2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Disabilities

Non-Government Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • Persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies: Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Article 11: Day of general discussion 2023 - Mar. 2023

 

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Elections

Non-Government Organization Reports

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Ethnic Groups/Race

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Minorities Rights Group International - State of the Worlds Minorities - 2016
  • World Directory of Minorities - Yemen Overview - Feb 2012

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Ethnic Groups/Race - Hashemites

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • YEM105277.E - Relationship and treatment of Hashemites by authorities and other groups, including Houthis [Huthis] and extremist groups - September 2015

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Ethnic Groups/Race - The Huthis

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • International Crisis Group
    • How Huthi-Saudi Negotiations Will Make or Break Yemen - Dec. 2022

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Gender

US Government Reports

  • Congressional Research Service (CRS)
    • Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Issues for Congress – Dec. 2021

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • Ongoing violations amid conflict: Amnesty International’s submission to the 46th session of the UPR Working Group, April-May 2024 - Oct. 2023
  • Human Rights Watch -  2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • Trapped - How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women’s Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa - July 2023

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Human Rights

US Government Reports

Foreign Government Reports

  • UK Country Policy and Information Note
    • Security and humanitarian situation - Dec. 2021

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International Annual Reports: 
    • Death Sentences and Executions – 2020
    • The State of the World’s Human Rights Annual Report - Apr. 2025
  • Amnesty International
    • Ongoing violations amid conflict: Amnesty International’s submission to the 46th session of the UPR Working Group, April-May 2024 - Oct. 2023
    • Yemen: HRC53 oral statement on the impact of casualty recording - July 2023
    • Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights - Mar. 2023
    • Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa Review: 2018
    • Bombs Fall from the Sky Day and Night: Civilians Under Fire in Northern Yemen - October 2015
  • Freedom House - 2022
  • Human Rights Watch -  2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • "Death is More Merciful Than This Life" Houthi and Yemeni Government Violations of the Right to Water in Taizz - Dec. 2023
    • Trapped - How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women’s Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa - July 2023
    • Hiding Behind the Coalition: Failure to Credibly Investigate and Provide Redress for Unlawful Attacks in Yemen - Aug. 2018
    • Bombing Businesses:  Saudi Coalition Airstrikes on Yemen’s Civilian Economic Structures - July 2016
    • What Military Target Was in My Brother’s House: Unlawful Coalition Airstrikes in Yemen – Nov. 2015
    • Targeting Saada: Unlawful Coalition Airstrikes on Saada City in Yemen – June 2015
    • A Wedding That Became a Funeral: US Drone Attack on Marriage Procession in Yemen – Feb. 2014
    • Between a Drone and Al-Qaeda: The Civilian Cost of US Targeted Killings in Yemen – Oct. 2013
    • No Safe Places - Yemen's Crackdown on Protests in Taizz - Feb. 2012
    • All Quiet on the Northern Front?”:  Uninvestigated Laws of War Violations in Yemen’s War with Huthi Rebels – April 2010
  • International Crisis Group
    • Behind the Front Lines in Yemen’s Marib – April 2020
    • Preventing a Deadly Showdown in Northern Yemen – March 2020
    • Instruments of Pain (I): Conflict and Famine in Yemen  - April 2017

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Justice System

Foreign Government Reports

  • UK Country Policy and Information Note

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • Yemen: HRC53 oral statement on the impact of casualty recording - July 2023
    • Yemen: Released And Exiled: Torture, Unfair Trials And Forcible Exile Of Yemenis Under Huthi Rule – May 2021
    • Yemen:  Huthis Must End Use of Judicial System to Silence Dissent – March 2020
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • "Look at Us with a Merciful Eye" Juvenile Offenders Awaiting Execution in Yemen – March 2013

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Law

US Government Reports

  • United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
    • Violating Rights – Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws – Dec. 2020

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Maps

 

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Medical Availability

International Government Organization Reports

  • World Health Organization Page - Yemen

Foreign Government Reports

  • Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
    • Internal Displacement’s Impacts On Health In Yemen – June 2021

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • Deadly Consequences:  Obstruction of Aid in Yemen During Covid-19 - Sept. 2020

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Political Figures and Parties

US Government Reports

  • CIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments - Yemen

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • YEM106178.E -  Southern Movement, including areas of operation, membership, leadership, structure, activities and relations with the government - Nov. 2018
    • YEM105341.E - Situation and treatment of former government officials who served under the Saleh government; whether they are targeted by Houthis; treatment of their family members - November 2015

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • International Crisis Group
    • Rethinking Peace in Yemen – July 2020
    • After Aden: Navigating Yemen’s New Political Landscape – August 2019

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Refugees/ IDPs

 

Foreign Government Reports

  • Norwegian Refugee Council
    • Breaking the glass ceiling: A smarter approach to protection financing – Nov. 2020

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • Ongoing violations amid conflict: Amnesty International’s submission to the 46th session of the UPR Working Group, April-May 2024 - Oct. 2023
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • Hostile Shores: Abuse and Refoulement of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Yemen – Dec. 2009
  • Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

  • Severity of internal displacement Report - Nov. 2021

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Religion

US Government Reports

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • YEM105389.E - Information on the Bohra religious group in Yemen, including treatment of members by society and Authorities - December 2015

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Bahá’i

Foreign Government Reports

  • Minority Rights Group International

Return to the Top of the Page

 

 Isma’ili

Foreign Government Reports

Return to the Top of the Page

 

 Zaydi Shias

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Minority Rights Group International

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Sexual Orientation

Non-Government Organization Reports 

  • Amnesty International
    • Ongoing violations amid conflict: Amnesty International’s submission to the 46th session of the UPR Working Group, April-May 2024 - Oct. 2023

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Specific Country Issues - Female Genital Mutilation

International Government Organization Reports

  • World Health Organization
    • Eliminating female genital mutilation - Annex 3: Countries where female genital mutilation has been documented. - June 2001

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Specific Country Issues - Treatment of Returnees

Intergovernmental Organization Reports

  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - UNHCR Position on Returns to Yemen - April 2015

Non-Governmental Organization Reports

  • International Crisis Group
    • On The Horizon: October 2024-March 2025 - Oct. 2024

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Speech / Press / Internet

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • Ongoing violations amid conflict: Amnesty International’s submission to the 46th session of the UPR Working Group, April-May 2024 - Oct. 2023
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • “A Life-Threatening Career” Attacks on Journalists under Yemen’s New Government – Sept. 2013

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Timeline

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Trafficking

US Government Reports

 

 

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Terrorism

US Government Reports

Return to the Top of the Page

 

Torture

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Human Right Watch Profiles
    • Torture Camps in Yemen - Abuse of Migrants by Human Traffickers in a Climate of Impunity - May 2014

Return to the Top of the Page

Updated April 29, 2025