Western Sahara as a Hybrid of a Parastate and a State-in-Exile: (Extra)territoriality and the Small Print of Sovereignty in a Context of Frozen Conflict
Fernández-Molina and Ojeda-García argue that the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is best understood as a hybrid of a parastate and a state-in-exile.
The largest prison in the world: landmines, walls, UXOs and the UN’s role in the Western Sahara
San Martín and Allan describe how Morocco’s walls and millions of landmines have turned Western Sahara into the largest prison in the world.
The Western Sahara
As territory, topography, and tribal social structures are laid out, Price argues that any resolution, to be lasting, would need to account for local identities and historical claims, not just broad power politics.
THE CONFLICT IN WESTERN SAHARA – AN UNRESOLVED ISSUE FROM THE DECOLONIZATION PERIOD
Gasser, a former ICRC legal adviser, argues that Morocco’s control of Western Sahara is an occupation and that the Fourth Geneva Convention applies.
“Seized of the Matter”: The UN and the Western Sahara Dispute
Mundy argues that the UN keeps failing in Western Sahara because every plan it offers still produces a winner and a loser.