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al-Baydah Ceasefire

  • Country/entity

    Yemen
  • Region

    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name

    al-Baydah Ceasefire
  • Date

    20 Apr 2016
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

    Intrastate/local conflict ( Yemeni Civil Wars (1994) (2011 - ) )
  • Stage

    Ceasefire/related
  • Conflict nature

    Inter-group
  • Peace process

    Yemen peace process
  • Parties

    17 Signatories:
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    Implementation agreement for the Dharan al-Janoub Ceasefire for al-Baydah outlining three steps (1) implementation of initial ceasefire; (2) form detainee release committees and secure delivery of aid; (3) hold regular meetings to implement the agreement.


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

    No specific mention.


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
    Rights related issues→Media and communication→Media logistics
    Page 1, ... First, 4. Choose their Brothers’ names for contact and communication. There are military on both sides:
    1. Salih Salim al-Hamdi
    2. Abdullah Muhammad Ahmad
    3. Mansur Derham
    4. Ali al-Habsi
  • Mobility/access

    No specific mention.

  • Protection measures

    No specific mention.

  • 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
    Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Humanitarian assistance
    Page 1, Second, after the cease-fire and the pacification are established on all fronts, the following is [must be] done:
    1. To continue to facilitate the access of relief to all the districts of the province as it was before, as well as the arrival of medical supplies.
  • 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
    Page 2, Second ... 3. Stop arresting citizens on the neutral areas and the areas affiliated of each party…
  • Ceasefire
    Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
    Page 1, First, establishing the ceasefire through:
    1. Ceasefire in all forms on all fronts beginning at 12 midnight in 20/04/2016.
    2. Stop all types of gatherings, support, ... and the development of new sites in all fronts.
    3. Direct supervision by the Committee on the ceasefire on all fronts.
    4. Choose their Brothers’ names for contact and communication. There are military on both sides:
    1. Salih Salim al-Hamdi
    2. Abdullah Muhammad Ahmad
    3. Mansur Derham
    4. Ali al-Habsi
  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • 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
    Page 1, Second, 2. To form a detainees committee from the both side with the name and number of the detainees each side has. This committee should discuss the releasing process and it should be coordinated with the central detainee committee. This committee has been appointed:
    1. Ahmed Abu Bakr al-Rasas
    2. Ahmed Sayf al-Dhab
    3. [illegible]
    4. [illegible]

    Page 2, Third, it was agreed to hold a regular meeting every week regarding occurrences of events.
  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims

    No specific mention.

  • 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
    Page 1, First, 3. Direct supervision by the Committee on the ceasefire on all fronts.
    4. Choose their Brothers’ names for contact and communication. There are military on both sides:
    1. Salih Salim al-Hamdi
    2. Abdullah Muhammad Ahmad
    3. Mansur Derham
    4. Ali al-Habsi

    Page 2, Third, it was agreed to hold a regular meeting every week regarding occurrences of events.
  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    Huna Aden (2016), Watch the minutes of the meeting of the calming Committee in Al-Bayda Governorate, April 21, https://www.hunaaden.com/news31972.html

In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate

The establishment of pacification and ceasefire in the province of al-Baydah.

Praise be to Allah, who says:

“O you who have believed, enter into Islam completely [and perfectly] and do not follow the footsteps of Satan.

Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.”

Prayer and peace upon our master Muhammad and his family.

Based on the agreement signed between the two sides in the South Dhahran, in 10/04/2016;

al-Bayda Governorate Committee held a meeting in the presence of representatives of the parties on Wednesday 20/04/2016 in the Asma’ area at five in the afternoon.

Both sides agreed Upon the following:

First, establishing the ceasefire through:

Ceasefire in all forms on all fronts beginning at 12 midnight in 20/04/2016.

Stop all types of gatherings, support, ... and the development of new sites in all fronts.

Direct supervision by the Committee on the ceasefire on all fronts.

Choose their Brothers’

Names for contact and communication.

There are military on both sides:

Salih Salim al-Hamdi

Abdullah Muhammad Ahmad

Mansur Derham

Ali al-Habsi

Second, after the cease-fire and the pacification are established on all fronts, the following is [must be] done:

To continue to facilitate the access of … to all the districts of the province as it was before, as well as the arrival of medical …

To form a detainees committee from the both side with the name and number of the detainees each side has.

This committee should discuss the releasing process and it should be coordinated with the central detainee committee.

This committee has been appointed:

Ahmed Abu Bakr al-Rasas

Ahmed Sayf al-Dhab

3. Stop arresting citizens on the neutral areas and the areas affiliated of each party…

Third, it was agreed to hold a regular meeting every week regarding occurrences of events.

This is what was agreed upon.

May God be reconciled.

[17 signatories]

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