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...
Letter from OUISO to the Presidency of IRD: Request for clarification on IRD research partnerships in Western Sahara
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Paris, 17th of December 2020, Dear Colleague, Dear CEO of IRD, In June 2020, our observatory published on its website a news item about the signing of research conventions between the IRD and some Moroccan communities or institutions...
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 Book : “North of the South” Claire Cécile Mitatre
Mitatre C.C., 2021, Au nord du Sud: Espace, valeurs et passion au Sahara atlantique, Paris, Editions de l'EHESS, coll. "En temps & lieux", 266 p. In the oases of Wad Nûn, there is no apology for autochthony, no preeminence of the first to arrive: everyone comes...
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 :...
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...
Thesis Online: Souveraineté sur les ressources naturelles des territoires occupés et des territoires non autonomes – Hamza Hadj Cherif
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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...
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: Les mobilités des jeunes Sahraouis en France et en Espagne – Camille Tanné
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="4295" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]Reference: Camille Tanné, Les mobilités des jeunes Sahraouis en France et en Espagne: parcours complexes aux multiples facettes - L'exemple de la jeunesse sahraouie de Bressuire et...
New publication: La Sección Femenina en la provincia de Sahara – Enrique Bengochea Tirado
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Enrique Bengochea Tirado, 2019, La Sección Femenina en la provincia de Sahara , Bellaterra, 210 pp In 1961 the Women's Section of the FET and the JONS began to be implanted in the Spanish colonies in Africa with the...
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...
Sovereignty in Exile A Saharan Liberation Movement Governs
New publication on Western Sahara Sovereignty in Exile explores sovereignty and state power through the case of a liberation movement that set out to make itself into a state. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was founded by the Polisario Front in the wake...
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...
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 :...