Minister: Transitional justice is among priorities of the government

17/8/2012 -


Alsahwah.net- Minister of the Legal Affairs Ministry Mohammad al-Mikhlafi has affirmed that among the priorities of the Yemeni government are the transitional justice, the national dialogue and constitutional reforms.

In remarks to the Emirati al-Khaleej newspaper, al-Mikhalfi said that the global world supports the political transfer in Yemen, stressing that it will not allow any sides to disrupt the political settlement.

The witnesses of the GCC-mediated power transfer had expressed its support to the political transfer Yemen, threatening with imposing sanctions against any side that tries to impede the settlement.

Meanwhile, The UN Development Program has signed with the Yemeni government a project of applying the transitional justice in Yemen (2012-2014).

The general budget of the project is $4,033. It is designed to develop the transitional justice process that includes planning and implementation.

The transitional justice law is designed to end conflict among  Yemenis by compensating the victims of local crises that occurred between 1994 and 2012, while maintaining the immunity clause included in the Gulf Cooperation Council power transfer initiative.

Transitional justice laws were applied in some countries such as Morocco, South Africa, and Indonesia in the wake of sectarian, ethnic or political conflicts. Through this law, it is hoped that conflicting sides will reach a settlement in a period of political shift.