وأهم الآليات والتدابير التي اتخذتها اليمن: إنشاء لجنة وطنية عليا لحقوق الإنسان وإعادة تشكيلها بالقرار الجمهوري رقم 89 لسنة 2001 حيث أُسندت رئاسة اللجنة إلى رئيس مجلس الوزراء وينوب عنه في ذلك مدير مكتب رئاسة الجمهورية وعضوية عدد من الوزراء المعنيين بمجالات حقوق الإنسان.
One of the most important measures which Yemen has taken was the establishment of the mechanism known as the Higher National Committee for Human Rights and its reorganization pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 89 of 2001, under the terms of which the chairmanship of the Committee was entrusted to the Prime Minister, with the Director of the Office of the President of the Republic acting as his deputy and a number of Ministers concerned with various areas of human rights being appointed as members.