Written documentation
N°28 (2024) of the Spanish Yearbook of International Law – Full version
Several articles of this paper revolve around 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...
On the cancellation of EU-Morocco trade agreements: Orient XXI, A. Quéré
Antoine Quéré, "Pêche. La justice européenne à contre-courant sur le Sahara occidental", Orient XXI, 4 octobre 2021 https://orientxxi.info/magazine/peche-la-justice-europeenne-a-contre-courant-sur-le-sahara-occidental,5081
New paper: A vision of MINURSO. Background, evolution and perspectives – Carlos Ruiz Miguel, Yolanda Blanco Souto
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Carlos Ruiz Miguel and Yolanda Blanco Souto, "Una visión de la MINURSO. Antecedentes, evolución y perspectivas", anuario mexicano de derecho internacional, 20, 2020, pp 351-394 Summary The United Nations Mission for Western Sahara...
New publication: The activities of French companies in Western Sahara, crime of colonization? – Antoine Quéré
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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,...
New publication: Editorial – Saara Ocidental – as políticas do impasse
[vc_row][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Saara Ocidental - as políticas do impasse, 2018, africana studia, (29), Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto Summary: The first objective of this issue is to help give visibility and,...
New publication: The Western Sahara – 15 basic statements on the conflict
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In this book the reader will not see a personal opinion of the authors on the question of Western Sahara, within the framework of International Law, but will see a work where the authors have searched, selected and ordered the...
New publication : Bibliographic and documentary summary of Western Sahara, Ifni and southern Morocco
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="3856"][vc_column_text]Reference: Pablo Ignacio de Dalmases and Olabarría (2019), Spanish West Africa in books - bibliographic and documentary sum of Western Sahara, Ifni and southern Morocco, Seville: Athenaica. Prologue by...
New publication : Culture et politique dans l’Ouest Saharien
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2562"][vc_column_text]The western Saharan region is often described as a "endemic" space of political instability: the secession of Northern Mali in 2012 and the overthrow of Amadou Toumani Touré, renewed tensions in Western...
Press release : 4 lawsuits filed for torture on Sahrawi political prisoners
Press release : ACAT - France, International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) and the Protection League of Sahrawi Political Prisoners (LPPS) Document : 220610 CP FR 4 plaintes CAT On Thursday, 9 June, four complaints were filed against the State of Morocco...
MPs Faucillon and Lecoq call out the French government
Reactions of MPs E. Faucillon and J. P. Lecoq to the IRD - Morocco agreements (in occupied territory) MPs Elsa Faucillon and Jean-Paul Lecoq questioned French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian and French Minister for Higher Education and...
The IRD violates international law in Western Sahara – The Scientific Council’s press release
Scientific Council press release A year ago (June 2020), our Observatory discovered that scientific partnerships were underway between Moroccan institutions and the IRD, a French public research institution under the supervision of the French Ministry of...
Letter from OUISO to the IRD presidency
Explanation request on the IRD research partnerships in Western Sahara Paris, 17th December 2020 Mme la Présidente directrice générale de l’IRD, chère collègue, In June 2020, our observatory published a news item on its website about the signing of research agreements...
IRD France signing partnerships with the occupying power of a territory at war?
Explanation of the IRD - Smara Provincial Council partnership (occupied territory) and reaction While visiting the website of a French humanities laboratory, UMR PALOC (Research Institute for Development (IRD)-National Museum of Natural History (MNHN)-Sorbonne...
Moyen-Orient Review (N°32, 2016) – Special File on Western Sahara
The Moyen-Orient magazine published in the 4th quarter of 2016, n°32, a special dossier on Western Sahara. This issue includes 4 contributions, some of which were written by OUISO members. You will find the PDFs below: Wilson A., “Regards intimes sur un conflit :...
15 Sahrawi students tried on appeal : their trial postponed to 13th March 2018
Call for international observers > contact.ouiso@gmail.com The 15 students were arrested in early 2016. They were all mistreated and tortured by the Moroccan police during their interrogations. Many went on hunger strike to protest against this mistreatment...