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 began examining the legal questions at the heart of the Western Sahara dispute, aiming to inform U.S. policy makers. In April 2011 it released a first report focused on whether Morocco may lawfully exploit natural resources in the part of Western Sahara it controls while sovereignty remains unresolved. The present report turns to the sovereignty question itself, assessing Western Sahara’s peoples’ right to self-determination and Morocco’s territorial claims under international law.
El oasis de la memoria: memoria histórica y violaciones de Derechos Humanos en el Sáhara Occidental (I)
El oasis de la memoria is both a human rights report and a narrative of resistance, combining legal analysis, historical reconstruction, and personal stories to highlight the enduring impact of colonialism and occupation on the Sahrawi people.
Western Sahara: Anatomy of a stalemate?
This new edition of Western Sahara takes the story of the ongoing conflict up to the present and also looks ahead.
Saharawi women and their voices as political representatives abroad
The UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, invites all members States to introduce gender perspective in framing the re-building of post-conflict nations.
Morocco’s new constitution and the Western Sahara conflict – a missed opportunity?
Morocco’s new constitution of July 2011 brought very little change and hardly touches on the King’s privileges. It continues with the same autocratic system of patronage and clientelism, long associated with those close to the King, ignoring what had been requested by the protesters in Morocco and promised by the King.