• Country/entity

  Yemen
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Doha Agreement

• Date

  1 Feb 2008

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Yemeni Civil Wars (1994) (2011 - ) )

• Stage

  Ceasefire/related

• Conflict nature

  Government

• Peace process

  Yemen peace process

• Parties

  Unsigned copy of agreement, supplementary text states that representatives of the Government of Yemen and Huthi representatives signed the agreement.

• Third parties

  Unsigned, supplementary text states 'Text of agreement produced by Qatari mediation'

• Description

  This short ceasefire agreement provides for the terms of ceasefire, which does not specify the commencement or duration of the ceasefire. Conditions include a general amnesty, demobilization, reconstruction, and respect for freedom of opinion, amongst other specifics.

• Agreement document

  YE_080201_DohaAgreement.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

APPENDIX F

Conflict Ceasefire Conditions

Doha Agreement, 2007–2008

Text of agreement produced by Qatari mediation, summer–fall 2007.

GoY-Huthi representatives also met in Qatar in January–February 2008.

The Doha agreement was signed on February 1, 2008.

1. Cessation of military operations;

and adherence, of the Huthi and those with him, to the republican order [system], the constitution and the laws in force in the country.

2. Ending of the rebellion;

implementation of the general amnesty decision;

and the release of prisoners, except for those charged in cases turned over to the general prosecutor or under consideration by the courts;

and search for [discov- ery of] the missing people and care for injured/wounded people;

and release of corpses by whomever possesses them.

3. Life [should] return to normal in the regions [of conflict], and everyone [should] return to his area, and live as safe citizens, as all the other citizens in the regions of the republic.

4. Extension of the state’s general order in the region, as in all other regions of the republic.

5. The relinquishment of medium weapons, along with their ammunition, to the state.

6. Respect for freedom of opinion, to include the right to establish a political party in accordance with the constitution and the laws in force in the country.

7. The arrival of ‘Abd al-Malik al-Huthi, Yahya al-Huthi, ‘Abd al-Karim al-Huthi, and ‘Abdallah ‘Izza al-Razzami to Qatar, without undertaking any political or media activity hostile to Yemen and without leaving Qatar except after the agreement of the Yemeni government.

8. Cessation of all matter of media campaigns and acts of provocative incitement.

9. The Yemeni government will undertake the reconstruction of what the war has destroyed and the treatment of its effects;

the praiseworthy state of Qatar will undertake to contribute to a fund for the rebuilding of the affected areas and for the compensation of those affected [by the fighting], and this fund will be open to the contributions of Arab and friendly states.