Agreement to Solve the Problem regarding al-Ma'ashiq Palace

  • Country/entity
    Yemen
  • Region
    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name
    Agreement to Solve the Problem regarding al-Ma'ashiq Palace
  • Date
    29 Feb 2016
  • Agreement status
    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement
    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level
    Intrastate/local conflict ( Yemeni Civil Wars (1994) (2011 - ) )
  • Stage
    Pre-negotiation/process
  • Conflict nature
    Government/territory
  • Peace process
    Yemen Inter-group Agreements
  • Parties
    Southern Resistance in Krater;
    al-Maʿāshīq guards
  • Third parties
    -
  • Description
    Short agreement on the transfer of checkpoints to the Southern Resistance from the al-Ma'ashiq Guards (al-Ma'ashiq) is the Presidential Palace in Aden. Other provisions include adding martyrs to the list of martyrs in Aden; evacuate the wounded; assign a committee to follow up on the wounded; integrate the Southern Resistance into the Army; pay the al-Ma'ashiq Guards; to begin the work of those troops trained in Saudi Arabia.


Groups

  • Children/youth

    No specific mention.

  • Disabled persons

    No specific mention.

  • Elderly/age

    No specific mention.

  • Migrant workers

    No specific mention.

  • Racial/ethnic/national group

    No specific mention.

  • Religious groups

    No specific mention.

  • Indigenous people

    No specific mention.

  • Other groups

    No specific mention.

  • Refugees/displaced persons

    No specific mention.

  • Social class

    No specific mention.


Gender

  • Women, girls and gender

    No specific mention.

  • Men and boys

    No specific mention.

  • LGBTI

    No specific mention.

  • Family

    No specific mention.


State definition

  • Nature of state (general)

    No specific mention.

  • State configuration

    No specific mention.

  • Self determination

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum

    No specific mention.

  • State symbols

    No specific mention.

  • Independence/secession

    No specific mention.

  • Accession/unification

    No specific mention.

  • Border delimitation

    No specific mention.

  • Cross-border provision

    No specific mention.


Governance

  • Political institutions (new or reformed)

    No specific mention.

  • Elections

    No specific mention.

  • Electoral commission

    No specific mention.

  • Political parties reform

    No specific mention.

  • Civil society

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional/religious leaders

    No specific mention.

  • Public administration

    No specific mention.

  • Constitution

    No specific mention.


Power sharing

  • Political power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Territorial power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Economic power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Military power sharing
    Power sharing→Military power sharing→Merger of forces
    Page 1, 6. Integrate the Krater Popular Committee into the army and security as quickly as possible.
    Power sharing→Military power sharing→Proportionality
    Page 1, 1. Hand over two checkpoints at the Maʿāshīq gates to the Southern Resistance in Krater under the leadership of Mālik Hirhirah of which there are 40 men.

    Page 1, 2. Obligate the Maʿāshīq Guards to grant 75 external rotations to the men of the Popular Resistance of Krater.

Human rights and equality

  • Human rights/RoL general

    No specific mention.

  • Bill of rights/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Treaty incorporation

    No specific mention.

  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights

    No specific mention.


Rights related issues

  • Citizenship

    No specific mention.

  • Democracy

    No specific mention.

  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication

    No specific mention.

  • Mobility/access

    No specific mention.

  • Protection measures
    Rights related issues→Protection measures→Other
    Page 1, 3. Evacuate the wounded by land or air, on the arrival of an official endorsement.
  • Other

    No specific mention.


Rights institutions

  • NHRI

    No specific mention.

  • Regional or international human rights institutions

    No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

  • Criminal justice and emergency law

    No specific mention.

  • State of emergency provisions

    No specific mention.

  • Judiciary and courts

    No specific mention.

  • Prisons and detention

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional Laws

    No specific mention.


Socio-economic reconstruction

  • Development or socio-economic reconstruction

    No specific mention.

  • National economic plan

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business

    No specific mention.

  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks

    No specific mention.


Land, property and environment

  • Land reform/rights

    No specific mention.

  • Pastoralist/nomadism rights

    No specific mention.

  • Cultural heritage

    No specific mention.

  • Environment

    No specific mention.

  • Water or riparian rights or access

    No specific mention.


Security sector

  • Security Guarantees

    No specific mention.

  • Ceasefire

    No specific mention.

  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces
    Page 1, 1. Hand over two checkpoints at the Maʿāshīq gates to the Southern Resistance in Krater under the leadership of Mālik Hirhirah of which there are 40 men.

    Page 1, Page 1, 7. Deliver salaries to all the al-Maʿāshīq guards immediately upon receipt [of this document].

    Page 1, 9. To call on the group of people trained in Saudi Arabia to begin their work tomorrow, on 
Tuesday, 1 March.
  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

    No specific mention.

  • Withdrawal of foreign forces

    No specific mention.

  • Corruption

    No specific mention.

  • Crime/organised crime

    No specific mention.

  • Drugs

    No specific mention.

  • Terrorism

    No specific mention.


Transitional justice

  • Transitional justice general

    No specific mention.

  • Amnesty/pardon

    No specific mention.

  • Courts

    No specific mention.

  • Mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Prisoner release

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims
    Page 1, 3. Evacuate the wounded by land or air, on the arrival of an official endorsement.

    Page 1, 4. Add martyrs in the list of Martyrs of the Capital of Aden.

    Page 1, 5. Assign a committee to follow up on the situation of the wounded at the Sābr and al-Naqīb 
Hospitals in Aden.

    Page 1, 8. The last problem of the injured and their treatment will be undertaken in the Sābr and al- 
Naqīb Hospitals and the transferal of cases that require treatment abroad to [means of] 
travel.
  • Missing persons

    No specific mention.

  • Reparations

    No specific mention.

  • Reconciliation

    No specific mention.


Implementation

  • UN signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Other international signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Enforcement mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    Yemen Sky. ‘Yemen Sky Publishes the text of the points of agreement to solve the problem of ‘al-Ma’ashiq Palace’ in Aden’, 29 February 2016, http://www.yemensky.com/news10777.html (accessed 7 March 2016)

Points of Agreement to solve the problem of al-Maʿāshīq Palace in Aden

29 February 2016

1. Hand over two checkpoints at the Maʿāshīq gates to the Southern Resistance in Krater under the leadership of Mālik Hirhirah in which there are 40 men.

2. Obligate the Maʿāshīq Guards to grant 75 external rotations to the men of the Popular Resistance of Krater.

3. Evacuate the wounded by land or air, on the arrival of an official endorsement.

4. Add martyrs in the list of Martyrs of the Capital of Aden.

5. Assign a committee to follow up on the situation of the wounded at the Sābr and al-Naqīb Hospitals in Aden.

6. Integrate the Krater Popular Committee into the army and security as quickly as possible.

7. Deliver salaries to all the al-Maʿāshīq guards immediately upon receipt [of this document].

8. The last problem of the injured and their treatment will be undertaken in the Sābr and al- Naqīb Hospitals and the transferal of cases that require treatment abroad to [means of] travel.

9. To call on the group of people trained in Saudi Arabia to begin their work tomorrow, on Tuesday, 1 March.