Yemen
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Yemen is listed on the official registers as "Yemen". This dossier records its status under five heritage-protection and international criminal law instruments, as shown on the UNESCO and United Nations Treaty Collection registers on 8 October 2026.
Commitments
Status as shown on the official registers on the date we checked. Joining a treaty is a legal commitment; it does not show how well it is kept.
- Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention, 1954)Party · accession · 5 February 1970
Source: UNESCO Legal Affairs
- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (First Protocol, 1954)Party · accession · 5 February 1970
Source: UNESCO Legal Affairs
- Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1999)Party · ratification · 31 May 2023
Also listed as a signatory on 26 March 1999.
Source: UNESCO Legal Affairs
- Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention, 1972)Party · ratification · 07/10/1980 (R)
The register carries a footnote on Yemen noting that the unification of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen into the Republic of Yemen was proclaimed on 22 May 1990.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998)Signed only · 28 Dec 2000 (signature)
Signature date shown; no deposit of an instrument of ratification is listed on the page at the access date.
Source: United Nations Treaty Collection
Instruments not shown here have not been researched yet. They are not assumed to be absent.
Sites
- Old City of Sana'a — Middle East
- Old Walled City of Shibam — Middle East
- Historic Town of Zabid — Middle East
- Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib — Middle East
Sources
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - status of ratification (Chapter XVIII.10) — United Nations Treaty Collection · Tier 1: official or primary record · Page states: status as at 08-10-2026
- States Parties - UNESCO World Heritage Convention — UNESCO World Heritage Centre · Tier 1: official or primary record · Page states: as of 22-Oct-2024
Note: The page states its own as-of date as 22-Oct-2024 (196 States Parties); entries were read on 2026-10-08 and later changes, if any, may not be shown.
- Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention (States Parties and signatories tables) — UNESCO Legal Affairs · Tier 1: official or primary record
- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (First Protocol, 1954) (States Parties and signatories tables) — UNESCO Legal Affairs · Tier 1: official or primary record
- Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (States Parties and signatories tables) — UNESCO Legal Affairs · Tier 1: official or primary record
Last checked against the registers October 8, 2026 · Approved by Harry Disley on October 8, 2026