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.
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
Gasser, a former ICRC legal adviser, argues that Morocco’s control of Western Sahara is an occupation and that the Fourth Geneva Convention applies.
Trading fish or human rights in Western Sahara? Self-determination, non-recognition and the EC–Morocco Fisheries Agreement
Dawidowicz argues that the EC–Morocco Fisheries Agreement risked implicitly recognising Morocco’s unlawful claim to Western Sahara.
Territory & Identity in international law: the Struggle for Self-Determination in Western Sahara
Joshua Castellino examines how territory, identity and colonial borders shape the Saharawi struggle for self-determination in international law.