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Amnesty International on Monday called for an arms embargo on all parties involved in the Yemen conflict, including the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi revolutionaries, AFP reported.
The statement comes ahead of an Arms Trade Treaty meeting in Geneva. The rights watchdog group says it has documented violations of human rights law and possible war crimes since the Saudi aggression in Yemen began last March.
"Amnesty International is urging all states to ensure that no party to the conflict in Yemen is supplied -- either directly or indirectly -- with weapons, munitions, military equipment or technology that would be used in the conflict until they end such serious violations," the group said in a statement.
"The embargo call goes far beyond existing international sanctions on parties to the conflict in Yemen," it added.
Relatively, a non-binding European Parliament resolution adopted on Feb. 25 "called for the EU to seek to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia," Amnesty added.
In parallel, the United Nations warned this month of a "human catastrophe unfolding in Yemen," where it said more than 8,300 people had been killed in the fighting since last March when Saudi Arabia began leading a military campaign against its southern neighbor.
The Arms Trade Treaty entered into force in December 2014. It represents an accord laying down international rules for the global arms trade, and compelling countries to set up national controls on arms exports.
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