Transitional Justice in Yemen

Transitional justice includes various mechanisms, legal and extra-legal, to address large-scale abuses and achieve accountability, reconciliation, and justice in post-conflict societies.

Houthi Shiite fighters guard a street leading to the residence of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Dec. 4, 2017. (Hani Mohammed/AP)

by Maryam Jamshidi

A shortened version of this article originally appeared in the Washington Post on December 20, 2018.

Yemen is a country of rich cultural traditions that has historically had one o…