a u.n. panel of experts on yemen is set to issue its report on the violations committed by all sides during the three year war. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha navigate also ahead canada faces pressure as the u.s. and mexico reach a new trade deal that replaces. all of us were injured women have been wondering how much time we will have to live inside every. roll call for concrete action after a damning u.n. report indicts mean more is military for genocide against the community plus the czech republic battles against a heat wave that's dried up one of its most important rivers and wiped out crops.

hello the united nations group of experts on yemen will shortly release their first report into alleged human rights violations carried out by all sides during the three year long war at least ten thousand yemenis have been killed as a direct result of the fighting the u.n. estimates that two thirds of civilian deaths were caused by saudi led coalition air attacks while the truth these have been accused of causing a massive million casualties due to their siege of ties more than eighteen million people lack access to nutritious food and over eight million are on the brink of famine more than a million cases of cholera have been documented since april last year on the outbreak is the largest on record.

canada's foreign minister is heading to the u.s. for trade talks the united states and mexico reached a new agreement on trade on monday it will replace their original contract set out in the north africa or north american free trade agreement known as now after donald trump says he hopes canada will be part of it our white house correspondent kelly holcomb reports. frequently accusing the news media of not reporting on his accomplishments u.s. president donald trump brought reporters into the oval office oh to listen in real time to a phone call with mexico's president. where you good morning thank you and congratulations together the two leaders jointly announce their breakthrough by lateral deal changing parts of the north american free trade agreement that trump says hurts us worker i like to call this deal the united states mexico trade agreement i think it's an elegant name i think nafta has

a lot of bad connotations for the united states because it was a rip off. the now after agreement was signed twenty four years ago between the united states mexico and canada it saw many manufacturing jobs move south to mexico as a result where labor was cheaper one of the worst trade deals ever on the campaign trail trump promised to renegotiate nafta and bring back jobs particularly in the auto sector the new deal will require seventy five percent of an american car to be made in mexico or the united states up from sixty two percent workers making those vehicles must also be paid a minimum sixteen dollars an hour but missing from this latest agreement is canada will start negotiating with canada relatively soon they want to start they want to negotiate very badly. relations between the two countries have been frosty since

trump slapped tariffs on canadian steel and aluminum canada's foreign minister will travel to the u.s. this week to restart negotiations but it's not clear canada will agree to the changes the nafta changes still need to be approved by the u.s. congress follows weeks of negotiations between the united states and mexico their agreement now puts pressure on canada to remain a part of the pact kimberly held at al-jazeera the white house will with sco as director of the california trade justice coalition he says canada needs to step up its demands as it enters renegotiation talks. or apologies we don't have that sound bite from the united states while sticking with the u.s. and its saying it will vigorously defend itself against a legal challenge by iran at the un's highest court iran wants the international court of justice to suspend the u.s.

sanctions imposed three weeks ago they were imposed after the u.s. pulled out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal iran accuses the u.s. of plotting what it calls economic strangulation lawrence lee has been following the proceedings in the hague. the iranian side spends its three hours of court time here on monday trying to do two things in front of the judges first of all to explain how very damaging the american sanctions were everything from issues to do with renewable energy projects aircraft parts car manufacturers who now couldn't invest in iran sports going down the debasing of the iranian economy all of these things a direct result of the american sanctions program their lawyers said but at the same time trying to link that back to a nine hundred fifty five very obscure trade agreement sixty three years ago signed between the u.s. and iran a treaty of amity of friendship and a friendly behavior beside between the two countries and the iranians saying that the sanctions regime has broken the treaty of amity the lead lawyer for the iranian

side made it very clear that they had no choice but to come to this court because all of the political and diplomatic avenues it simply fails trace the moment to a corner make pressure. sense to settle for this view through the party commands did not succeed. i have no other choice but to seize the international court of justice with the present request on sixty two large encounters with the american side of course contest this entirely their legal team left without comment and they'll have their three hours hill on tuesday them a non-human is likely to be there's a treaty that was signed when the u.s. and iran with friends sixty three years ago doesn't apply anymore because of the nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution all the different sets american sanctions the ability of fifty five so it doesn't mean anything and anyway the

americans are the biggest thing in their favor which is that even if in the end this court agrees with that decision might be binding but the u.s. doesn't actually have to go by what the court says so it's a good attempt i think by iran to try to get somewhere with this but ultimately likely to not be very successful memoirs government has dismissed a damning u.n. report which calls for some of its top military generals to be prosecuted for genocide u.n. investigators have documented what they call the grave crimes under international law against revenge on muslims they estimate at least ten thousand people were killed during military attacks that began last august the u.s. says they probe adds to growing evidence against me and martin mohammad reports. the u.n. says military commanders in me and more should be prosecuted for genocide against the real hinge or following their recent fact finding mission on me and more three

investigators presented their report in geneva on monday included among the findings that me and mars armed forces also known as the top of my down took actions that in the words of the un investigators undoubtedly amount to the greatest crimes under international law. the mission has concluded that criminal investigation and prosecution is warranted focusing on the top tatmadaw or generals in relation to the three categories of crimes under international law genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes after attacks by rohinton gunmen in iraq and state a year ago government forces began a crackdown against the rohingya the un says reports of up to ten thousand killed are conservative estimate. around three quarters of a million of the muslim minority fled to neighboring bangladesh many live here include to belong camp the largest refugee settlement in the world the report from

un investigators includes accounts of numerous atrocities including gang rape in slave meant and the killing of children there are hendra who are among the most persecuted minorities in the world have faced decades of persecution and sadly they've grown accustomed to the international community ignoring their plight reacting to the investigators findings rohinton rights activist who says she's cautiously optimistic but wants action that has been a that level it's been a year now since you. say many international organizations of come here but we haven't seen any solution and all of us are hinge women have been wondering how much time we'll have to live inside and i think. that's one of the reasons same many women went out to demonstrations us today. those large protests show they were him joe are growing tired of waiting for the world to act they mourned the first year anniversary of the beginning of the violence in iraq and state or is there

were hindu demonstrators called it genocide remembrance day. as chairman of the society for peace and human rights. has been working for months to document crimes against the ranger he's not at all surprised by what the u.n. fact finding mission reported yet. the genocide against his has been going on systematically for thirty years and the world didn't know now the u.n. fact finding mission has a lot of the world to know with their work so we're hoping that this will be a lesson to the world so no other countries go through what we went through this is why we're working for justice. will less is there a hinge a will continue to demand justice even though justice isn't likely to be delivered soon. at the critical long refugee camp in cox's bazar bangladesh earlier we spoke to arsalan iftikhar har who is a human rights lawyer for the burma task force he says the u.n.

report is an important step. the first thing to keep in mind is that the united nations they don't use the word genocide genocide under international law and it's actually true protections under the genocide in another treaties which now the u.s. security council. to decide whether or not they recommend the international criminal court. will break out of that report to take you live to the united nations in geneva that is the u.n. group of experts on yemen who were releasing their first report into alleged human rights violations let's listen and more not just to give you. when you received their press release that was under embargo yesterday they were sent by rolando this morning it's a vailable at the back of the room you've got an english version a french version and an arabic version of that communique. unfortunately there's a mistake in the figure. of the arabic and french

press releases it's the english version therefore is the one to go by if you have it in front of you in the. paragraph of the french version you see if you. think i was. mistaken in english we're talking about six thousand six hundred sixty civilian losses and ten thousand five hundred sixty three and six thousand six hundred sixty civilians killed and ten thousand five hundred sixty three. this is actually on leap not some of the pull ups are the penultimate part of the first page of the french so if you can rectify that then as quickly as possible. that we will rectify that on the version that will be distributed to you thank you very much and we thought for the director of the floor to mr john to be. received.

thank you good morning to i'm going to speak french because we've prepared this in french and in english and i'd like to very much thank the interpreters and the information service for allowing us to have the three languages available and going to french and arabic obviously if there are any questions in our break later on we will be very happy to answer them so ladies and gentlemen. it's a great pleasure for me to speak with you this morning. is everything ok for the interpretation everybody can hear you. know. can you hear the interpretation can you hear the interpretation we can hear just

joining us on just to let you know what you are looking at these are live pictures from the united nations in geneva a press conference about just starts in a couple of minutes and that is the united nations group of experts on yemen and what they're doing is they're releasing their first report into alleged human rights violations carried out by all sides during the three year war and what we know so far is at least ten thousand yemenis have been killed as a direct result of the fighting and that is. in general do be he's just about to start speaking he is the chairperson of the group of eminent experts on yemen let's listen in to what he has to say this morning. the launch of the report of the group of eminent experts on yemen. i should first like to think member states and all the stakeholders for their support. over the course of my monday. i would particularly like to find the family of the united nations notably

the char. the resident coordinator. office of the special envoy for all of the support that they provided during our mission in yemen and. respecting the independence and impartiality neutrality of our minds i should also like to express my sincere gratitude. to the victims and the witnesses who shared their experience with us we're also grateful for the assistance provided by the government of yemen and non governmental organizations the group of experts. undertook over fourteen missions to sun. and who. where we met. civilian authorities military authorities and geos and humanitarian workers. we visited.

places where incidents occurred and places of detention and we question the victims and witnesses. furthermore we had we had the information received received during the missions and the personnel of the secretariat of the group of experts also conducted interviews that distance in order to gather and assess documentary proof photographs and videos the group of experts also requested. and assessed satellite images. the information documented by the group of experts would lead us to believe that the violations and crimes. that have been perpetrated and continue to be perpetrated in yemen by the parties to the conflict. the group of experts. reason to believe.

that the government of yemen or. the united arab emirates and saudi arabia are responsible for violations of human rights the group of experts also has reason to believe. that the defacto authorities are responsible for violations of human rights committed within their regions where they hold effective control. the group of experts also has reasons to believe. that the parties to the armed conflict in yemen have committed a considerable number of violations of international humanitarian law. of course. and a decisive decision by an independent competent costs.

the. members of the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia united arab emirates. may have held or conducted attacks disproportionate. that could constitute war crimes. they may also have committed acts could be. constitute that could constitute war crimes such as mistreatment torture. attacks on people's dignity. recruitment and in rome and the use of children under the age of fifteen to participate in the hostilities. further. persons defacto authorities have committed acts that could constitute war crimes including mistreatment torture. attacks on human dignity and

the recruitment enrollments for the use of children under the age of fifteen in the hostilities. the group of experts has identified wherever possible individuals who may be responsible for international crimes and a confidential list of these individuals will be presented today to the high commissioner. and spite of the seriousness of the situation. we still see a scorn for the suffering of these individuals and this will continue so long as there is no light at the end of the tunnel this conflict indeed has fallen seems to be overlooked the figures. are included. on the number of civilian casualties or victims. i'm not going to recall all of that no but we would call for the immediate cessation of violence against

civilians violating human rights and international humanitarian law we. all parties to the conflict to take all possible precautions to protect civilians. and ensure that the facts of the history of it is do not impact them and take the appropriate measures to. ensure that the disproportionate level of attacks and humanitarian efforts do not continue. notably the restrictions imposed international put us on are the journalists activists and vulnerable mon archly groups should be protected from any harassment attention disappearance and intimidation of these individuals should be released or relieved from such acts of sexual abuse that we have documented is horrendous we

would call for a halt to all violence including sexual violence against women and children notably rape and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice children are the most vulnerable. poverty in addition to the violence the insecurity. means that they are exposed to exploitation by the parties to the conflict recruitments enrollment or the use of children under the age of fifteen to participate in the active hostilities constitutes a war crime. and we would call for our efforts including those of the special envoy of the seventy general united nations for yemen to halt the hostilities and to restore a lasting inclusive peace and ensure that there is a sharing of responsibilities when it comes to any commit commission of war crimes it's time to put an end to this conflict the civilians have already paid the highest price and i give the floor to my colleague mr chiles skyway for a few words i think you have.

good. thank you for is of the anglophones amongst you it has been agreed that i will repeat the substance of the presentation in english however i will not repeat the thanks given by the church to the various parties. because i think that is unnecessary however i will start therefore with the substance of the report the group of them in a text but it's conducted more than fourteen missions to sunnah aid in such. data djibouti amman and riyadh where we met with civilian and military authorities

nongovernmental organizations and humanitarians as well as visiting sites of incidence we interviewed victims and witnesses conducted site visits and visited detention facilities in addition to information collected on missions group of eminent experts secretariat staff conducted remote interviews collecting and reviewed documentary photographic and video graphic evidence and commissioned and analyzed satellite imagery information documented by the group of them in and experts strongly suggests that violations and crimes under international law have been perpetrated and continue to be perpetrated in yemen by parties to the conflict the group of eminent experts has reasonable grounds to

believe the de governments of yemen the united arab emirates and saudi arabia are responsible for human rights violations the group of them an attack sports has also reasonable grounds to believe that the de facto authorities are responsible in the areas over which they exercise effective control the human rights violations the group of them an attack spurts has reasonable grounds to believe that parties to be armed conflict in yemen have committed a substantial number of violations of international humanitarian law. subject to a determination by an independent and competent court that is individuals in the government of yemen and the coalition including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of

distinction proportionality and all precautions which may amount to walk crimes and also acts that may amount to walk crimes including cruel treatment and torture outrages upon personal dignity rape and conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen or using them to participate actively in hostilities individuals in the de facto orthe arses have committed acts that may amount to war crimes including cruel treatment and torture outrages upon power personal dignity and conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen or using them to participate actively in hostilities the group of them in a text butts has identified where possible individuals who may be responsible for

international crimes and the confidential list of individuals will be submitted today to the high commission despite the severity of the situation we continue to witness a total disregard of the suffering of the people of yemen this crisis has reached its peak with no apparent sight of light at the end of the tunnel it is indeed a forgotten crisis cumulative figures documented by the twenty fourth of august twenty eighth in. sure the twenty two million one hundred fifty six thousand seven hundred sixty three people remain in need forty nine percent of female and fifty point six percent of children among those eleven million two hundred

fifty five thousand four hundred and eleven are in acute need this is tragic we call for an immediate cessation of acts of violence committed against civilians in violation of the pickable international human rights and international humanitarian law we call for all parties to the conflict to take all feasible precautions to protect civilians from the effects of hostilities we also urge parties to take the necessary measures to remove disproportionate restrictions on the safe and expeditious entry into yemen of humanitarian supplies and other goods indispensable to the civilian population and the movement of persons including frew some point

journalists activists and vulnerable all minority groups should be protected from harassment detention disappearances and intimidation all such persons should be released and such acts cease sexual violence documented in the course of our investigation is appalling we call that all gender based violence including sexual violence against women and children in particular rape also be investigated and perpetrators be brought to justice. children of the most vulnerable. poverty coupled with violence and insecurity render them defenseless and exposed to exploitation and abuse by parties to the conflict conscripting or

enlisting children under the age of fifteen or using them to participate actively in the hostilities is a war crime we support all efforts including of the special envoy of the secretary general for yemen to cease hostilities reach a sustainable and inclusive peace and ensure accountability the serious violations and crimes this conflict has to end civilians have suffered enough many incidents and violations require further investigation full investigations would require more time and resources we also call on the human rights council to remain seized of the matter through extending the mandate of the group of government a group of eminent experts to investigate further with

a particular focus on accountability and combating of immunity for the most serious crimes thank you. thank you very much mr darwin there's room in only. you can see liza maybe you can use yours the u.n. experts in geneva are delivering their report on human rights abuses what they said is the government says yemen the united arab emirates and saudi arabia may have been responsible for war crimes in yemen and they've also accused what they call the de facto authours ease to be responsible for human rights violations for areas within their control allen says sure listening in to that press conference alan tottering at the story for us out of djibouti so pretty pretty grim findings in that report alan. and actually

a very strongly wanted united nations document not normally a start as this is just a few of the things they were saying at the thing that really struck me was how strong we were particularly on the case of sexual abuse we see sexual abuse is horrendous there are numerous violations against civilians and a breach of international human rights we see that even though the international laws are against the recruitment of what we do is voice soldiers but their youth soldiers children under the age of fifteen boys and girls but they are being recruited to fight in this battle as well and called on all parties to stop you know what they said was couched in very careful legal language saying this could amount to war crimes and certainly they're pointing in that direction what will be very interesting is in the next few hours james mattis who is the u.s. defense secretary is intending to hold a briefing at the pentagon in the united states i don't go to the if you will be

asked about the u.s. continuing role because what we had from the panel of experts was certainly criticism of saudi arabia the united arab emirates and also the yemen government itself but we know. so that the united states and the united kingdom among others are also helping this coalition with some of the targeting operations will be questions out generally about where we go from here and whether or not any of these governments well except the findings of this love expert yeah we'll have to wait and see ok for the time being alan fischer thank you for wrapping that up for us or from djibouti we'll have more news on this particular press conference in less than thirty minutes time right here on al-jazeera that's after inside story. we understand the difference. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs

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