*Inherency
Yemen’s Judiciary is the most corrupt sector of its government.
USAID 2006
USAID Yemen Corruption Report 2006 http://yemen.usembassy.gov/root/pdfs/reports/yemen-corruption-assessment.pdf
The Yemeni judicial system lacks independence.
USAID 2006
USAID Yemen Corruption Report 2006 http://yemen.usembassy.gov/root/pdfs/reports/yemen-corruption-assessment.pdf
Judicial Appointments
USAID 2006
USAID Yemen Corruption Report 2006 http://yemen.usembassy.gov/root/pdfs/reports/yemen-corruption-assessment.pdf
*PLAN TEXT*
The USFG should increase support for the ABA Rule of Law Initiative judicial assistance programs for Yemen.
We reserve the right to clarify.
*Gender Violence Adv
Women in Yemen face extreme violence
Kelly 10 (Sanja and Julia Breslin, senior researcher and editor at Freedom House, Women’s Rights in the Middle East and North Africa, Freedom House, 2010)
violence against women makes all forms of violence possible- including nuclear war
New York Times 83 (December 29, LN)
and violence is intertwined- gendered violence acts as a catalyst for other types for genocide and ethnic cleansing
Amnesty International 98 (October 1, pg. http://news.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT310061998?open&of=ENG-347)
ROLI Solves: Combats gender-based violence
ABA 2011
U.S. has ethical and moral responsibility to ensure the promotion of women’s rights in Libya through democratic assistance
*Child Soldiers Adv
Child soldiers are currently being used by the government and the opposition in Yemen, a product of the horrors of war.
HRW 11 (Human Rights Watch, 14 April 11, “Yemen: Stop Using Children in Armed Forces,” http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/04/14/yemen-stop-using-children-armed-forces, TSA)
Child Soldiers Are the Most Dehumanized People in the World
War Child UK ’11 http://www.warchild.org.uk/issues/child-soldiers?_kk=child%20soldiers&_kt=34d0a30a-ab2f-4c8a-9b0b-6e877056c4e3&gclid=COLG3O_TmKsCFYt25QodLXoJzg
Why use children as soldiers?
The dehumanizing motivation that legitimizes and fosters human rights abuses, like those occurring on the battlefields of Yemen, is the root cause of war and conflict. It permeates all atrocities and until it is addressed we will continue to see a cycle of suffering and violence.
Berube ’97 (David, Ph.D. in Communications, “Nanotechnological Prolongevity: The Down Side”, NanoTechnology Magazine, June/July 1997, p. 1-6, URL: http://www.cla.sc.edu/ENGL/faculty/berube/prolong.htm)
By promoting universalized human rights, Judicial Reform elevates the power of the discourse.
Baxi 98 (Upendra, Professor Of Law At The University Of Warwick, Fall, 8 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 125, "Voices Of Suffering And The Future Of Human Rights," L/N)
While the praxis of human rights needs no such eschatology, it simply insists on the development of a theory about secular evil, seeking to place the prerogative of the construction of this evil beyond the hands of those who have the power to inflict it. The maxim of the powerful is "De Minimis Non Curat Praetor." The imperatives of human rights enunciations and movements insist that neither human
The language of human rights empowers people to make demands on their societies, question political practices, and prevent atrocities.
Baxi 98 (Upendra, Professor Of Law At The University Of Warwick, Fall, 8 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 125, "Voices Of Suffering And The Future Of Human Rights," L/N)
Engaging in discourse of universality of human rights is necessary to create and maintain the concept of indispensability of the Other, which is key to resisting oppression and dehumanization.
Baxi 98 (Upendra, Professor Of Law At The University Of Warwick, Fall, 8 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 125, "Voices Of Suffering And The Future Of Human Rights," L/N)
Solvency
Judicial Reform is the most important form of democracy assistance.
Khouri 5 (Rami, 14 May, Judicial Reform Must Underpin Wider Arab Change, )
ROLI Solvency on Human Rights and Access to Justice
ABA 11
http://apps.americanbar.org/rol/programs/human-rights.html
