Western Sahara conflict: historical, regional and international dimensions
As the last African or Middle Eastern territory to be effectively colonised by a European power and one of the last to be freed from colonial yoke, the Western Sahara was considered in the 1950s and 60s primarily as an issue of decolonisation.
THE CONFLICT IN WESTERN SAHARA – AN UNRESOLVED ISSUE FROM THE DECOLONIZATION PERIOD
The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic was proclaimed by the Polisario Front. But the Sahrawi people did not gain their independence, and no sovereign state of Western Sahara was born.
Trading fish or human rights in Western Sahara? Self-determination, non-recognition and the EC–Morocco Fisheries Agreement
The analysis highlights how political and economic interests, reflected in agreements like the Fisheries Partnership, threaten to erode established principles of international law and reinforce Morocco’s control, despite Western Sahara’s recognised status as a non-self-governing territory.
Territory & Identity in international law: the Struggle for Self-Determination in Western Sahara
Western Sahara: Identity, Territoriality, and the Fight for Self-Determination Western Sahara’s struggle for self-determination is deeply tied to territorial identity, colonial-era boundaries, and the challenges of recognizing nomadic populations in modern legal frameworks. Historically, self-determination gained prominence through postcolonial movements,
The United Nations’ Failure in Resolving the Western Sahara Conflict
Altough a peace plan was accepted by Marocco and the POLISARIO in 1988, and despite a UN presence in the Western Sahara since 1991, the world body has failed to implement a referendum on self-determination in the former spanish colony.