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Radhya Al-Mutawakel

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Human Rights Institute's 'Practitioner-in-Residence' program. During their residency the pair led workshops on subjects including on fact-finding strategies during conflict; strategies for regional advocacy; and the violations of international humanitarian law during the conflict in Yemen. They also
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Al-Mutawakel and her husband Abdulrasheed Al-Faqih founded Mwatana in 2007. Its stated aim is "defending and protecting human rights...through field investigations and research to produce accurate and objective accounts of the facts regarding its mission in order to detect and stop human rights
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In 2004 she began working on Yemeni human rights, initially with the Organisation for the Defence of Rights and Freedoms. During this period her work was focused on human rights violations in the context of the
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On 30 May 2017 Al-Mutawakel briefed the UN Security Council on the conflict in Yemen. She made a series of calls which echoed those being made by Mwatana and others in a variety of forums.
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held numerous meetings with US-based NGOs, diplomatic and UN actors, and Al-Mutawakel briefed the UN Security Council. The pair were also given the "Global Advocate Award" 2017.
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Columbia Law School Global Advocate Award, won jointly with Abdulrasheed Al-Faqih Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Human Rights and Freedom of Speech Defender for October 2017
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co-founder and chairperson of Mwatana Organisation For Human Rights, an independent organisation working to defend and protect human rights in
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to produce a joint report entitled "Death by Drones" which included research and monitoring of the damage and civilian deaths caused by nine
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violations." Mwatana has teams of field researchers in 18 Yemeni governorates and employs more than 60 people, half of whom are women.
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To establish an international independent commission of inquiry to investigate violations by all parties to the conflict;
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Human rights activism, documenting violations of international humanitarian law, advocacy and campaigning on human rights
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in northern Yemen, with a focus on the enforced disappearances and arbitrary arrests that took place during the war.
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Participation in the Columbia Law School 'Practitioner-in-Residence' Program and awarding of "Global Advocate Award"
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Between 2007 - 2010, Al-Mutawakel continued to focus on human rights violations in the context of the ongoing
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Columbia Law School, Human Rights Institute Global Advocate Award - won jointly with Abdulrasheed Al-Faqih.
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on the conflict in Yemen, becoming the first Yemeni women to ever brief the Security Council.
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End the targeting of civilians and civilian objects through aerial and ground attacks;
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Stop the sale of weapons to parties involved in violations of human rights in Yemen;
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights and Freedom of Speech defender for October 2017 - won.
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In 2017, Al-Mutawakel undertook an advocacy tour which included visits to the US,
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Ensure the release of all forcibly disappeared or arbitrarily detained civilians;
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Allow unhindered humanitarian access to all areas and people in need.
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Founding and work with Mwatana Organisation for Human Rights
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In mid-2017 Al-Mutawakel and Al-Faqih participated in
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Human rights defender, activist, organisational leader
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Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain
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In 2013, Al-Mutawakel and Mwatana collaborated with
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Yemeni
Yemen
conflict in Yemen
United States
Saudi-led coalition
Houthi forces
Vice News
the Guardian
The New Internationalist
Time
National Commission for Women in Yemen
Sa'adah conflict
Sa'adah conflict
Open Society Foundations
US
drone strikes
Sana'a
Marib
Dhamar
Hadramout
al-Baidha
UK
Switzerland
UN Security Council
Columbia Law School
Anna Politkovskaya Award
"Wire"
"Mwatana for Human Rights"
"European responsibility for war crimes in Yemen"

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