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Agreement between the Joint Forces and Ansar Allah

  • Country/entity

    Yemen
  • Region

    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name

    Agreement between the Joint Forces and Ansar Allah
  • Date

    6 Feb 2021
  • 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/territory
  • Peace process

    Yemen Inter-group Agreements
  • Parties

    Forces led by Tariq Saleh and Ansar Allah (Houthis)
  • Third parties

    The agreement provides for medical professionals witnessing the exchange of bodies Page 2, Minutes of covenant and agreement Receiving and delivering took place in the presence of the nurses and paramedics for both parties. Ali Imran Dr. Bassam Oweydin Bashir Al-Sami Responsible of martyrs
  • Description

    Small agreement to end fighting between the Joint forces and the Houthis around Marib governorate and across towards the west coast. The agreement substantively provides for ceasing all forms of hostility, including movements or attacks across newly agreed area borders and for the exchange of information regarding and the physical handover, of martyrs.


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→Other
    Page 1, Minutes of covenant and agreement

    4- Continuous communication between senior liaison officers of the two sides, and in the event of hostilities erupting in any of the areas from the different battlefronts, and controlling new area, or an attack, the response will be made on the same front, and the liaison officers must stop the escalation

    5- This agreement is confidential between the two parties, and no party has the right to publish it in the media.
  • 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

    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
    Page 1, Minutes of the covenant and agreement

    1- Stopping all hostilities and fighting between the two sides, including infiltrations, sniping, canon and missile attacks, offensive actions, and implanting bombs.
    2- A complete termination of drones, drone-ammunition drones, and dronebombs between the two sides.
    3- Stopping of all [illegible] and ramparts receivables and statistics between the two sides.
  • Ceasefire
    Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
    Page 1, Minutes of covenant and agreement

    It is on Saturday, 6/2/2021, in the area of Al Mahjar, the commercial crossing, and in the presence of representatives of the two sides of the conflict. It was agreed on the following
    1- Stopping all hostilities and fighting between the two sides, including infiltrations, sniping, canon and missile attacks, offensive actions, and implanting bombs.
    2- A complete termination of drones, drone-ammunition drones, and dronebombs between the two sides.
    3- Stopping of all [illegible] and ramparts receivables and statistics between the two sides.
    4- Continuous communication between senior liaison officers of the two sides, and in the event of hostilities erupting in any of the areas from the different battlefronts, and controlling new area, or an attack, the response will be made on the same front, and the liaison officers must stop the escalation.
    5- This agreement is confidential between the two parties, and no party has the right to publish it in the media.
    6- This is considered a covenant and an agreement between the two parties, and none of the parties has the right to break it, and whoever breaks it will be a reproach and a traitor to the covenant.
    7 – It comes to force of the articles mentioned this agreement from tomorrow, Sunday [illegible] (600) on 7/2/2021.
    8- Exchanging information about the locations of the remaining bodies in the confrontation areas. Within a month of the meeting, the process of handing over the corpses will be completed.
  • 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

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims
    Page 1, Minutes of covenant and agreement

    8- Exchanging information about the locations of the remaining bodies in the confrontation areas. Within a month of the meeting, the process of handing over the corpses will be completed.

    Page 2, Minutes of covenant and agreement

    It is on Saturday, 6/2/2021 at ten in the morning in the area of al Mahjar, the commercial crossing, in the presence of: -
    1- Ali Imran Houthis
    2- Muhammad Al-Haimi Houthis
    3- Bashir Al-Sami The Joint Forces
    4- Bassam Oweydin The Joint Forces
    5- Abdullah Al-Rumaili The Joint Forces
    The bodies of the martyrs of the two sides of the conflict, namely Joint Forces in the West Coast and the Houthis, (12) of Houthi corpses were received by the Joint Forces, and (14) corpses of the Joint Forces were received by the Houthis. Receiving and delivering took place in the presence of the nurses and paramedics for both parties.
  • 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
    https://www.alwattan.net/news/149271

    https://acleddata.com/2018/07/20/who-are-the-uae-backed-forces-fighting-on-the-western-front-in-yemen/

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful Minutes of covenant and agreement

It is on Saturday, 6/2/2021, in the area of Al Mahjar, the commercial crossing, and in the presence of representatives of the two sides of the conflict.

It was agreed on the following

1- Stopping all hostilities and fighting between the two sides, including infiltrations, sniping, canon and missile attacks, offensive actions, and implanting bombs.

2- A complete termination of drones, drone-ammunition drones, and dronebombs between the two sides.

3- Stopping of all [illegible] and ramparts receivables and statistics between the two sides.

4- Continuous communication between senior liaison officers of the two sides, and in the event of hostilities erupting in any of the areas from the different battlefronts, and controlling new area, or an attack, the response will be made on the same front, and the liaison officers must stop the escalation.

5- This agreement is confidential between the two parties, and no party has the right to publish it in the media.

6- This is considered a covenant and an agreement between the two parties, and none of the parties has the right to break it, and whoever breaks it will be a reproach and a traitor to the covenant.

7 – It comes to force of the articles mentioned this agreement from tomorrow, Sunday [illegible] (600) on 7/2/2021.

8- Exchanging information about the locations of the remaining bodies in the confrontation areas.

Within a month of the meeting, the process of handing over the corpses will be completed.

The first party The second party

Brigadier General/ Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Qader Luqman [Sig] Brigadier/ Yaser Abdul malik al Maghrini [Sig]

Colonel General / Yasser Abdel-Malik Al Maghribi [Sig] Brigadier General/ Muhammad Al-Mansour [Sig]

Colonel / Youssef Al-Noufi [Sig] Brigadier/ Faris Arik [Sig]

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful It is on Saturday, 6/2/2021 at ten in the morning in the area of al Mahjar, the commercial crossing, in the presence of:

- 1- Ali Imran Houthis

2- Muhammad Al-Haimi Houthis

3- Bashir Al-Sami The Joint Forces

4- Bassam Oweydin The Joint Forces

5- Abdullah Al-Rumaili The Joint Forces

The bodies of the martyrs of the two sides of the conflict, namely Joint Forces in the West Coast and the Houthis, (12) of Houthi corpses were received by the Joint Forces, and (14) corpses of the Joint Forces were received by the Houthis.

Receiving and delivering took place in the presence of the nurses and paramedics for both parties.

Ali Imran Dr. Bassam Oweydin Bashir Al-Sami Responsible of martyrs