U.N. urged to restore scrutiny of war crimes in Yemen

FILE PHOTO: Women and children sit outside a hut at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) on the outskirts of Marib city, Yemen October 20, 2021. REUTERS/Nabil al-Awzari/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - Activist groups called on the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to create a new panel of independent experts to collect and preserve evidence of possible war crimes by all sides in Yemen's bitter conflict for future prosecution.

Bahrain, Russia and other members of the U.N. Human Rights Council pushed through a vote in October to shut down its war crimes investigations in Yemen, in a stinging defeat for Western states.