Ceasefire Project Country Reports: Yemen

Author(s): Júlia Palik
Editor(s): Govinda Clayton, Siri Aas Rustad, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, Håvard Strand
Series: Ceasefire Project Country Reports
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Peace Research Institute Oslo
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Place: Zurich

This edition of the Ceasefire Project Country Reports looks at Yemen. Between 1989 and 2018, there were 59 ceasefires in Yemen. 12 of these were related to the conflict over territory between the Government of Yemen (GoY) and the Democratic Republic of Yemen. Eight were declared unilaterally and four bilaterally. 30 ceasefires were related to incompatibility fought over government. Among these, two were declared unilaterally, 26 bilaterally, and two multilaterally. 18 ceasefires were concluded between non-state actors. 23 ceasefires were related to different peace processes. Six out of the 23 peace process related ceasefires were concluded between non-state actors. 42 ceasefires involved mediators. The most frequent mediators were Qatar, Saudi Arabia, US and two organizations: the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and the United Nations. Five ceasefires were mediated by internal actors. In case of the non-state ceasefires nine of the 19 ceasefires were mediated by Yemeni tribal leaders.

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