Jul 7, 2021 | Law, News, written documentation
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...
Dec 17, 2020 | Communication, Law, Politics, written documentation
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...
Nov 25, 2020 | Law, New publications, written documentation
Phosphates, fish, public markets, tourism… The economic resources of Western Sahara are numerous and attract foreign companies, including French companies. But Western Sahara is a territory with a particular legal status and French criminal law could thwart the...
Aug 25, 2020 | Law, Politics, written documentation
Carlos Ruiz Miguel & Yolanda Blanco Souto, “Una visión de la MINURSO. Antecedentes, evolución y perspectivas”, Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional (N°20, 2020), pp 351-394 The United Nations Mission for Western Sahara (MINURSO) was the most...
Jun 25, 2020 | International relations, written documentation
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...
Nov 7, 2018 | New publications, written documentation
Our thesis arose from an initial observation that the right of permanent sovereignty over natural resources in occupied territories and non-self-governing territories is still not respected by several actors on the international scene, some of whom claim to be very...
