News – OUISO

New publicación – Rebelarse en el desierto. Movilizaciones políticas en el oeste sahariano (1932-2020), Francesco Correale, Laura Feliu, Alberto López Bargados
26 July 2023 Comments Off on New publicación – Rebelarse en el desierto. Movilizaciones políticas en el oeste sahariano (1932-2020), Francesco Correale, Laura Feliu, Alberto López Bargados

Francesco Correale, Laura Feliu, Alberto López Bargados (ed.), 2022. Rebelarse en el desierto. Movilizaciones políticas en el oeste sahariano (1932-2020), Barcelona, Alborán Bellaterra, 634 p. Abstract: The Western Sahara is an indisputable historical and cultural area. Populated for centuries by human groups essentially dedicated to pastoral nomadism, and united by a common language (Hassaniyya, an Arabic dialect)…
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New parution – Les enfants des nuages. Une ethnologue dans la tourment saharienne, Sophie Caratini
26 July 2023 Comments Off on New parution – Les enfants des nuages. Une ethnologue dans la tourment saharienne, Sophie Caratini

Sophie Caratini, 2022. Les enfants des nuages. Une ethnologue dans la tourmente saharienne, Éditions Thierry Marchaisse, 562 p. Abstract: This is the story of an inexperienced young girl who sets off into the Mauritanian desert in search of the great nomadic Rgaybat, “children of the clouds”, and ends up finding guerrilla fighters. We follow her through…
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New parution – Conflict and Peace in Western Sahara. The Role of the UN’s Peacekeeping Mission (MINURSO). János Besenyó, Joseph Huddleston, Yahia Zoubir
26 July 2023 Comments Off on New parution – Conflict and Peace in Western Sahara. The Role of the UN’s Peacekeeping Mission (MINURSO). János Besenyó, Joseph Huddleston, Yahia Zoubir

János Besenyó, R. Joseph Huddleston, Yahia H. Zoubir (ed.), 2022, Conflict and Peace in Western Sahara. The Role of the UN’s Peacekeeping Mission (MINURSO), London, Routledge, 354 p. Abstract: This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of MINURSO (the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), focused on its activities, composition, purpose, and…
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L’Ouest saharien Journal – issue 17 – Saharan Imaginaries
29 March 2023 Comments Off on L’Ouest saharien Journal – issue 17 – Saharan Imaginaries

In the latest issue of the journal, two articles deal specifically with Western Sahara: Mark Drury : Naming the City: Saharan Urbanization and Disaggregated Sovereignty https://www.cairn.info/revue-l-ouest-saharien-2022-2-page-39.htm Andrea Bastide : Enjeux géopolitiques multiscalaires de la déclaration de Pedro Sánchez (2022) relative au projet marocain d’autonomie du Sahara Occidental https://www.cairn.info/revue-l-ouest-saharien-2022-2-page-145.htm Please find the full summary here: https://www.cairn.info/revue-l-ouest-saharien-2022-2.htm
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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 Book : Exhortación, by the sahrawi poet Badi Mohamed Salem
9 November 2022 Comments Off on New Book : Exhortación, by the sahrawi poet Badi Mohamed Salem

Badi Mohamed Salem, Exhortación, Última Línea, 2022, 110 p., ISBN : 978-84-18492-26-6 This book is a collection of poems that Badi composed in the last stage of his life. In them he confronts with determination human frailty and death, universal experiences. Living in exile in a refugee camp in southern Algeria does not distract the…
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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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International Workshop – Young scholars – Online – November 30
9 November 2022 Comments Off on International Workshop – Young scholars – Online – November 30

Western Sahara: A Multidisciplinary, Transregional Journée d’Etude The Western Sahara International Academic Observatory (OUISO) invites you to participate in an online workshop on Western Sahara and its regional context. The workshop is conceived as an interdisciplinary space covering contemporary issues of Western Sahara and the surrounding region from different perspectives in the social sciences, law…
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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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Brief history of the Western Sahara – Isaías Barreñada
11 July 2022 Comments Off on Brief history of the Western Sahara – Isaías Barreñada

Notice of publication Isaías Barreñada, 2022, Breve historia del Sahara Occidental, Catarata, 144 p. Almost 50 years after Spain’s abandonment, the Sahrawi conflict continues to mark Spanish foreign policy in the region. Western Sahara is an illustrative example of a conflict that the international community has allowed to escalate. As the United Nations has pointed…
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