• Latest issue of the Spanish Yearbook of International Law
    29 March 2023 Comments Off on Latest issue of the Spanish Yearbook of International Law

    Some papers of this last issue are dedicated to Western Sahara : Morocco, occupying power of Western Sahara: some notes about Spain’s foreign legal policy, the role of the Spanish doctrine and the rule of law in international relations Jaume Ferrer Lloret Is autonomy the solution to the Western Sahara conflict? Juan Soroeta Liceras Diplomatic…

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  • New PhD thesis: the role of Minurso in Western Sahara – Meriem Naïli
    9 November 2022 Comments Off on New PhD thesis: the role of Minurso in Western Sahara – Meriem Naïli

    NAILI Meriem, Peacekeeping and International Human Rights Law: Interrogating United Nations Mechanisms through a Study of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, PhD Dissertation, defended on 5 May 2022, Supervisors : Dr Irene Fernandez-Molina & Dr Aurel Sari, University of Exeter Abstract: The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was…

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  • Four complaints for torture on Sahrawi political prisoners
    13 July 2022 Comments Off on Four complaints for torture on Sahrawi political prisoners

    Four complaints for torture filed against Morocco before the UN Committee against Torture On Thursday June 9, four complaints denouncing violations of the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Torture were filed against the State of Morocco before the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) in Geneva. Press release: 220610 CP ENG 4 Plaintes CAT

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  • New publication: The activities of French companies in Western Sahara, crime of colonization? – Antoine Quéré
    22 September 2020 Comments Off on New publication: The activities of French companies in Western Sahara, crime of colonization? – Antoine Quéré

    Reference:  Antoine Quéré, Le crime de colonisation par peuplement - Etude de cas sur les activités économiques des entreprises françaises au Sahara Occidental, Master’s thesis in penal law, Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, 2020, 104p. Resume: Phosphates, fish, public markets, tourism… The economic resources of Western Sahara are numerous and attract foreign companies, including French companies. But Western Sahara is...

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  • Thesis Online: Souveraineté sur les ressources naturelles des territoires occupés et des territoires non autonomes – Hamza Hadj Cherif
    5 May 2020 Comments Off on Thesis Online: Souveraineté sur les ressources naturelles des territoires occupés et des territoires non autonomes – Hamza Hadj Cherif

    Reference: Hamza HADJ CHERIF, Le droit de souveraineté permanente sur les ressources naturelles dans les territoires occupés et les territoires non autonomes, Thèse de doctorat spécialité droit public, sous la direction d’Anne-Marie TOURNEPICHE , Bordeaux, école doctorale de droit (ED 41), 2018, 565 p. Abstract: “The right to permanent sovereignty over natural resources in occupied and non-selfgoverning territories”...

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  • Some publications by Juan SOROETA to discover!
    20 March 2020 Comments Off on Some publications by Juan SOROETA to discover!

    Here are some recent texts made available to us by our colleague Juan SOROETA, from the University of the Basque Country (Spain): 2019 “Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Sahrawi Territory”, Spanish Yearbook of International Law, 23 : 362-375. 2020 wall in th Sahara 2018 “La jurisprudencia del TJUE en…

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  • urgent: 15 Saharawi students tried on appeal, trial postponed to March 13, 2018
    11 January 2018 Comments Off on urgent: 15 Saharawi students tried on appeal, trial postponed to March 13, 2018

    The 15 students were arrested in the first months of 2016. They were all mistreated and tortured by the Moroccan police during their interrogations. Many have started hunger strikes in protest against this mistreatment and the lack of a real investigation to know the causes of the death of a Moroccan civilian during one of…

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  • New publication : Victims of Mines in Western Sahara
    30 December 2017 Comments Off on New publication : Victims of Mines in Western Sahara

    MARTIN BERISTAIN Carlos, SEPULVEDA APARICIO Gisela, ESCOBAR CASAS Edi, El fuego escondido: Las víctimas de minas en el Sáhara Occidental, Bilbao, Hegoa, 2017, 1vol; 271pp; 23cms, 978-84-16257-29-4, Español This investigation is based on testimonies of 154 Saharawi victims of mines on both sides of the wall built by Morocco and some key witnesses. It gives…

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  • Call for contributions – ASAI – Bologna, 5-7 September 2018
    29 December 2017 Comments Off on Call for contributions – ASAI – Bologna, 5-7 September 2018

    ASAI V Fifth Conference of the Association for African Studies in Italy (Associazione per gli Studi Africani in Italia) Plural Africa : Politics, knowledge and social dynamics in time and space Department of Political and Social Sciences – University of Bologna, 5-7 September 2018 ASAI V Bologna – Call for panels – Eng

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  • International Workshop “Human rights in Western Sahara”, Sorbonne, October 20th 2017
    14 August 2017 Comments Off on International Workshop “Human rights in Western Sahara”, Sorbonne, October 20th 2017

    International Workshop : “Human Rights protection in Western Sahara : instruments, actors, collaborations” Organizers : International Academic Observatory on Western Sahara (OUISO), CEPED, Association Américaine de Juristes (AAJ), ACAT Free registration but compulsory, subject to availability, by email at : contact.ouiso@gmail.com Access : Amphithéâtre Emile Durkheim, Sorbonne, Galerie Cl. Bernard, escalier I, 1er étage, 14,…

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