Maliki calls on the international community to adopt firm positions on the continuation of Houthi militias in recruiting children

The spokesman for the Arab coalition forces, Col. Turki al-Maliki, stressed the need for the international community to take firm and dissuasive positions on the continuation of the Huthi militias in recruiting and enlisting children on the battlefield in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and violation of the Convention on the Protection of the Child.

Maliki said in a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) that the Joint Forces Command takes all the allegations about the participation of fighters under the legal age within any of the members of the coalition seriously, and is investigating what may be correct them in accordance with their legal obligations contained in the law International humanitarian and related conventions for children ».

"The coalition prevents the participation of people under the age of 18 from all Member States," he said, referring to the Coalition's efforts to repatriate children recruited by the Houthi-backed terrorist organizations backed by Iran, which numbered 120 recruits, as well as their rehabilitation efforts to rehabilitate child soldiers, War in the city of Marib in partnership with the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Action.

He pointed out that the Joint Forces Command has signed a partnership agreement with the United Nations to strengthen the protection of children in areas of armed conflict in Yemen through the establishment of the Child Protection Unit led by the joint forces of the Alliance, while the reports of the UN and the reports of human rights organizations prove the recruitment of Houthi terrorist militias for more than 23 A Yemeni child is considered a war crime under international humanitarian law.

He reiterated the commitment of the Joint Forces Command to abide by international humanitarian law and its customary rules regarding the joining of the armed forces of any country within the joint forces of the Alliance for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen through the implementation of a series of precise procedures, the recording of vital data for combatants, As the core of respect for the application and customary rules of international humanitarian law.