The Legal Issues Involved In The Western Sahara Dispute

Three years ago, the United Nations Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (the “Committee”) began a study of the legal issues involved in the dispute over Western Sahara in order to give United States policy makers some guidance on these issues when framing their policies towards the dispute. In April 2011, the Committee issued its first report, addressing whether Morocco has a right under international law to utilize the natural resources of the portion of Western Sahara it controls pending a resolution of sovereignty over

The present report addresses the issue of sovereignty itself, in particular, by examining the claims to self-determination of the peoples of Western Sahara and the territorial claims of Morocco under principles of international law.

Full report

Source: New York City Bars