UK regulator warns Save the Children over Yemen office failures
The Charity Commission for England and Wales has issued Save the Children an official warning after a two-year investigation into management failures and misconduct at its Yemen office. The inquiry followed the death of security director Hisham al-Hakimi after his detention by Yemeni authorities in October 2023.
Save the Children has received an official warning from the Charity Commission for England and Wales over management failures and misconduct at its Yemen office, The Guardian reported. The regulator said the failures put staff at serious risk. Its warning followed a two-year investigation into the running of the office.
The inquiry was launched after Hisham al-Hakimi, the organisation’s safety and security director, died in October 2023 after being detained by Yemeni authorities. The supplied material does not detail the specific management failures identified by the commission or set out the measures Save the Children must take. It also does not include a response from the charity, the commission’s assessment of individual responsibility or further information about the circumstances of al-Hakimi’s detention and death.
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