Law – OUISO

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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Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara’s Protracted Decolonization : When a Conflict Gets Old
27 March 2017 1,325 Comments on Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara’s Protracted Decolonization : When a Conflict Gets Old

New international publication, edited by our colleagues Raquel Ojeda Garcia, Irene Fernández-Molina, Victoria Veguilla: Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara’s Protracted Decolonization : When a Conflict Gets Old This book explores the traces of the passage of time on the protracted and intractable conflict of Western Sahara. The authors offer a multilevel analysis…
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