Written documentation
“El Tribunal de Justicia de la UE se toma la auto-determinación en serio: reflexiones sobre las sentencias del 04.10.2024” (R.M. Carlos)
As the Polisario Front and Morocco are competing in a legal war through the European institutions, the Court of Justice of the European Union has finally decided to annul the trade agreements on agricultural and...
“Sousveillance and Human Rights Activism in Moroccan-Occupied Western Sahara.”(D. Mark)
From the 1990s to 2020, human rights activism in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara emerged through a process of familiarization before serving a new purpose: as a non-violent instrument in the broader struggle for...
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...
Thesis : Peacekeeping and International Human Rights Law, a Study of the MINURSO (M. Naïli)
The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was created by UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 690 in 1991. This resolution provided for the appointment of a Special Representative, the declaration...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thesis : Étude de cas sur les activités économiques françaises au Sahara Occidental (A. Quéré)
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...
Article by C. R. Miguel & Y. Blanco Souto in the Mexican Yearbook of International Law (N°20, 2020)
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...
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...
Thesis : Le droit de souveraineté permanente sur les ressources naturelles dans les territoires occupés et non autonomes (H. Hadj Cherif)
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...
Review Africana Studia (N°29, 2018) – Saara Ocidental, as políticas do impasse
"Saara Ocidental – as políticas do impasse" in Africana Studia, (2018, N°29), Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto The first objective of this issue is to help give visibility and, hopefully,...
Paper by Y. Zoubir in the EUROMESCO publication : “The Sahel: Europe’s african borders” (2018)
"Algeria and the Sahelian Quandary : The limits of containment security policy" (Yahia Zoubir) in The Sahel: Europe's african borders, European Institute of the Mediterranean (EUROMESCO), p.70-95, 2018 Various...
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:...
“La génération sahraouie de la guerre : des études à Cuba à la migration économique en Espagne” (C. Gomez Martin)
The Saharawi-Moroccan War (1975-1991) was defined by the regional struggle between Morocco and Algeria for leadership in the Maghreb and by international Cold War tensions. This context influenced both the Western...
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...
Theme edition “Sahara occidental: mémoires, culture, histoires” (F. Correale, J. C. Gimeno Martin)
This issue of the Cahiers d'EMAM is a bilingual thematic issue devoted to the Western Sahara. It brings together the results of a three-year research project (2008-2011) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and...