Based on 84 interviews with survivors, relatives of victims, and other stakeholders, as well as extensive open-source and field research conducted between 2024 and 2025, the report documents patterns of harm affecting fishermen and their communities and highlights the absence of meaningful mechanisms for accountability and redress. 
Fishing communities play a vital role in supporting local economies and food security in Yemen. However, years of conflict and economic crisis have made fishing increasingly dangerous and undermined livelihoods across the country’s western coastline. The report finds that fishermen have been exposed to a range of harms, including airstrikes, landmines and explosive remnants of war, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture, ill-treatment, confiscation of boats and equipment. 
The findings identify violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law committed by multiple actors, including the Saudi/UAE-led coalition, the Houthis, the internationally recognised government of Yemen, and Eritrea. These violations have had severe and long-lasting physical, psychological, and socioeconomic consequences for affected individuals and communities, contributing to displacement, food insecurity, and the loss of livelihoods. 
Despite the scale of these harms, the report found no evidence that victims have received reparations or meaningful recognition from those responsible. Existing mechanisms established to address civilian harm have largely failed to provide effective and transparent responses. 
Interviewed fishermen consistently identified restitution and financial compensation as their primary reparative priorities, particularly to replace destroyed or confiscated boats and fishing equipment. They also highlighted the need for physical and mental health support, legal accountability, stronger protections for the fishing sector, educational opportunities for children, and measures to prevent future violations.  
Many stressed that a lasting end to the conflict remains essential to any sustainable improvement in their circumstances. 
The report concludes that continued documentation, monitoring, and engagement with affected communities are critical to advancing victims’ rights to truth, justice, and reparations. It also underscores the broader need to place victims at the centre of discussions on Yemen and to ensure meaningful pathways to accountability and redress for those affected by years of conflict and abuse.