Human Rights Council Adopts by Consensus Renewed Support for the Mandate of the National Commission to Investigate and Urges All Parties to Cooperate with It

Geneva | 7 October 2026

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva renewed its support today, Wednesday, during its sixty-third session, for the National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations of Human Rights in Yemen (NCIAVHR) in carrying out its mandate, and urged all parties to the conflict to cooperate with the Commission and facilitate its work.

This came as the Council adopted, without a vote, draft resolution A/HRC/63/L.33 on technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights.

The Council requested the High Commissioner to continue providing technical assistance and capacity-building to the Government of Yemen, and to provide all necessary technical and logistical support to the National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations of Human Rights, enabling it to continue investigating violations and abuses committed by all parties to the conflict in Yemen, in accordance with international standards.

The Council welcomed the progress made by the Commission, particularly its regular field visits across Yemen, consultations with civil society organizations, and publication of periodic reports on various forms of human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law committed by all parties to the conflict.

The resolution called on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to continue providing technical assistance and advice to the Commission, at a level of support equivalent to that provided to any commission of inquiry.