The crime of violating the independence, unity or territorial integrity of the Republic in Yemeni legislation

Abstract

Article (125) of the Republican Decree by Law No. (12) of 1994 regarding crimes and penalties and its amendments in the second chapter of it and under the heading of crimes against state security stipulates that whoever commits an act with the intent of violating the independence, unity or territorial integrity of the Republic shall be punished with death. It is permissible to order the confiscation of all or some of his money.
The state, based on its right to existence, which is one of the basic rights recognized by all states, is to do everything that would preserve its existence and take the necessary measures to ward off the dangers that threaten this existence at home and abroad. And helps it to advance and eliminate everything that threatens its security and safety and the maintenance of its independence, and thus the ability of the state to act freely in its internal and external affairs within the limits recognized by international law, in which there is no doubt that the first thing that concerns the state is its concern for the integrity of its personality and the protection and standards of its life national and maintain it.