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CRM-MPL 1
The Western Sahara in the light of the International law :
Fifteen basic statements on the conflict of Western Sahara
Carlos Ruiz Miguel, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, EspañaMoisés Ponce de León Iglesias, Université Rennes 2 – Haute Bretagne, France
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CRM-MPL 2
Fifteen basic statements on the conflict of Western Sahara
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CRM-MPL 3
« Any legal analysis of the question of Western Sahara should take into account
several basic, objective, statements that are the key of any approach to the conflict
according to the International Law »
Fifteen basic statements on the conflict of Western Sahara
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CRM-MPL 4
Fifteen basic statements on the conflict of Western Sahara
« Any approach differing from these statements could be clearly qualified as illegal according to the Law of the United Nations »
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CRM-MPL 5http://www.un.org/depts/Cartographic/map/profile/afrique.pdfOctober 2011
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CRM-MPL 6
http://www.un.org/depts/Cartographic/map/dpko/minurso.pdf
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CRM-MPL 7
1884. Spain signs a Treaty of protectorate with certain Sahrawi tribes and begins its occupation of the territory
1965. The General Assembly of the UNO asks Spain to withdraw from Spanish Sahara, in the international context of the decolonization, and asserts the right to self-determination for the Sahrawi people
1973. Creation of the Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro (Front Polisario)
Small historical reminder
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Small historical reminder
1974. Spain announces its intention to withdraw and begin to organize a referendum of self-determination. Hassan II persuades the General Assembly to ask an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice about how to proceed with the decolonisation of the Territory
1975. Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice reaffirming the application of resolution 1514 of the UN-GA in the decolonization of Western Sahara and the application of the principle of self-determination for the populations of the territory. (October 16th)
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CRM-MPL 9
1975. Green March launches the occupation of the Western Sahara by Morocco (November 6th)
1976.(February 26th) Withdrawal from Spain. Morocco and Mauritanian try to conquer the Territory
1976 Spain, Morocco and Mauritania sign the so-called “Madrid Agreements” where quality of Spain as “administering power” of the Western Sahara is illegally tansfered to an interim (as much until Feb 28th 1976) to a tripartite administration (Spain-Morocco-Mauritania)
1976. (February 27th). Creation of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( RASD) by the Front Polisario
1978-1979. Cease fire and peace treaty with Mauritania. Annexation by Morocco of the territory occupied by Mauritania
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CRM-MPL 10
1981 - 1987. Construction by the Moroccan army of walls of 2700 km long which divide the Sahrawi territory
1984. OUA ( Organization of African Unity ) admits the SADR within as its 51st member
1991. Under the auspices of the OAU and the UNO, signature by the two parties (Morocco and Polisario Front) of the “Settlement Plan”, wich establishes a cease-fire and the holding of a referendum of self-determination in 1992. The Settlement Plan is approved by the Security Council (resolutions 658 & 690). Creation of the Misssion of the United Nations for the Referendum in the Western Sahara (MINURSO in the Spanish acronym)
1992. Boycott of the referendum by Morocco
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CRM-MPL 11
1The Western Sahara is a
« non-self governing territory »
and a
« colonial country »
A/RES/2072_1965A/RES/2625_1970…A/RES/66/86_2012
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CRM-MPL 12A/RES/2072_1965
1
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CRM-MPL 13A/RES/2072_1965
1
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CRM-MPL 14RES/2072_1965
1
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CRM-MPL 15A/RES/2625_1970
1
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CRM-MPL 16A/RES/2625_1970
1
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CRM-MPL 17A/RES/66/86_2012
1
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CRM-MPL 18
2The conflict of Sahara Occidental is a
« question of decolonization »
A/RES/2072_1965A/RES/2229_1966A/RES/3458-A_1975A/RES/33-31_1978A/RES/34-37_1979A/RES/35-19_1980A/RES/39-40_1984A/RES/45-21_1990A/RES/64/101_2010A/RES/65/112_2011A/RES/66/86_2012
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CRM-MPL 19
2
A/RES/2072_1965
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CRM-MPL 20A/RES/2229_1966
2
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CRM-MPL 21
2
A/RES/35-19_1980
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CRM-MPL 22
2
A/RES/35/19_1980
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CRM-MPL 23
2
A/RES/35/19_1980
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CRM-MPL 24
2
A/RES/45-21_1990
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CRM-MPL 25A/RES/65-112_2011
2
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CRM-MPL 26A/RES/66/86_2012
2
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CRM-MPL 27
3The United Nations recognizes
internationally the existence of the
« people of Western Sahara »
A/RES/2072_1965A/RES/2229_1966A/RES/3458-A_1975A/RES/3458-B_1975A/RES/33/31_1978A/RES/34/37_1979A/RES/35/19_1980A/RES/64/101_2010 A/RES/65/112_2011S/RES/1920_2010
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CRM-MPL 28
3
A/RES/2229_1966
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CRM-MPL 29
3
A/RES/3458_1975
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CRM-MPL 30
3
A/RES/66/86_2012
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CRM-MPL 31
3
S/RES/2044_2012
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CRM-MPL 32
4The ‘people of Western Sahara’
is composed by the
« indigenous people of the Territory »
A/RES/2229_1966A/RES/3458-A_1975A/RES/3458-B_1975S/2000/131, para. 6
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CRM-MPL 33
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CRM-MPL 34
4
A/RES/3458_A/1975
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CRM-MPL 35
4
S/2000/131
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CRM-MPL 36
4
S/2000/131
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CRM-MPL 37
4
S/2000/131
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CRM-MPL 38
5The ‘people of the Western Sahara’
has a « right to self-determination »
A/RES/2229_1966A/RES/3458-A_1975A/RES/3458-B_1975A/RES/33-31_1978A/RES/34-37_1979A/RES/35-19_1980A/RES/64/101_2010 A/RES/65/112_2011S/RES/1871_2009S/RES/1920_2010
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CRM-MPL 39
A/RES/2229_1966
5
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CRM-MPL 40A/RES/65/112_2011
5
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CRM-MPL 41A/RES/3458-A_1975
5
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CRM-MPL 42S/RES/1871/2009
5
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CRM-MPL 43S/RES/1920/2010
5
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CRM-MPL 44
6The ‘right of self-determination’ of the
‘people of Western Sahara ’ is
« inalienable »
A/RES/2229_1966A/RES/64/101_2010 A/RES/65/112_2011A/RES/66/86_2012
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CRM-MPL 45A/RES/2229_1966
6
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CRM-MPL 46A/RES/66/86_2012
2
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CRM-MPL 47
7The ‘inalienable right of self-determination’ of the ‘people of Western Sahara’ should be
exercised by a « referendum »
A/RES/2229_1966A/RES/3458-A_1975A/RES/3458-B_1975A/RES/33-31_1978A/RES/34-37_1979A/RES/35-19_1980A/RES/38-40_1983A/RES/65/112_2011S/RES/621_1988S/RES/658_1990S/RES/1871_2009S/RES/1920_2010S/RES/2044/2012
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CRM-MPL 48A/RES/2229_1966
7
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CRM-MPL 49A/RES/3458-A_1975
7
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CRM-MPL 50A/RES/38-40_1983
7
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CRM-MPL 51S/RES/658/1990
7
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CRM-MPL 52S/RES/690/1991
7
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CRM-MPL 53S/RES/2044/2012
7
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CRM-MPL 54S/RES/1920/2010
7
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CRM-MPL 55S/RES/2044/2012
7
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CRM-MPL 56
8The referendum of self-determination should be
« free, democratic and impartial » « without any administrative or
military contraints »
A/RES/2229_1966A/RES/38-40_1983
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CRM-MPL 57S/RES/2229/1966
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CRM-MPL 58A/RES/38-40/1983
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CRM-MPL 59
9The ’people of Western Sahara’ has a
« right to independence » Because never existed
« any tie of territorial sovereignity » Between Morocco and the Western Sahara
A/RES/2229_1966CIJ 1975A/RES/38-40_1983
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CRM-MPL 60A/RES/3292/1974
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CRM-MPL 61A/RES/3292/1974
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CRM-MPL 62
9
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/61/6195.pdf
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9
ICJ Western Sahara, 1975
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CRM-MPL 64
9
ICJ Western Sahara, 1975, para. 105
ICJ Western Sahara, 1975, para. 105
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CRM-MPL 65
9 ICJ Western Sahara, 1975, para. 105
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CRM-MPL 66
9
ICJ Western Sahara, 1975, para. 162
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/61/6195.pdf
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CRM-MPL 67
9
ICJ Western Sahara, 1975, para. 162
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/61/6195.pdf
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CRM-MPL 68
10
Spain is the
« administering power » of the Western Sahara
A/RES/2072_1965A/RES/3458-A_1975A/RES/3458-B_1975A/66/65_2011A/67/71_2012S/2002/161, para. 6
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CRM-MPL 69
10
S/2002/161
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CRM-MPL 70
10
A/67/71
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CRM-MPL 71
10
A/67/71
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CRM-MPL 72
10
A/67/71
but… a State neither loses its status of administering power,
nor is released from the fulfilmente of its obligations
by simply opposing to it de facto…
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CRM-MPL 73
11
The presence of Morocco in the major part of Western Sahara is an
« occupation»
S/RES/380_1975A/RES/34-37_1979A/RES/35-19_1980
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CRM-MPL 74
11
S/RES/380_1975
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CRM-MPL 75
11
A/RES/34-37_1979
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CRM-MPL 76
11
A/RES/35-19_1980
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CRM-MPL 77
11
A/RES/35-19_1980
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CRM-MPL 78
12
The Frente Polisario is the
« representative of the people of Western Sahara »
A/RES/33-31_1978A/RES/34-37_1979A/RES/35-19_1980
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CRM-MPL 79
12
A/RES/33-31_1978
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CRM-MPL 80
12
A/RES/34-37_1979
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CRM-MPL 81
12
A/RES/34-37_1979
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CRM-MPL 82
12
A/RES/35-19_1980
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CRM-MPL 83
12
A/RES/35-19_1980
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CRM-MPL 84
13
The Frente Polisario and Morocco are the two
« parties to the conflict »
A/RES/38-40_1983A/RES/39-40_1984A/RES/45-21_1990S/RES/1495_2003A/RES/64/101_2010A/RES/65/112_2011
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CRM-MPL 85
13
A/RES/38-40_1983
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CRM-MPL 86
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A/RES/39-40_1984
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CRM-MPL 87
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A/RES/45-21_1990
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CRM-MPL 88
14
The ‘people of Western Sahara’ has
« legitimacy » ‘to fight on behalf of the right to self-determination
and independence of the people of Western Sahara’
A/RES/2625_1970A/RES/34-37_1979A/RES/35-19_1980
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CRM-MPL 89
14
A/RES/34-37_1979
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CRM-MPL 90
14
A/RES/2625_1970
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CRM-MPL 91
15
There is a
« responsability of the United Nations »
in the decolonization of the Western Sahara
A/RES/2229_1966A/RES/2983_1972A/RES/3162_1973A/RES3458-A_1975A/RES/64/101_2010A/RES/65/112_2011
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CRM-MPL 92
15
A/RES/2229_1966
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CRM-MPL 93
15
A/RES/2983_1972
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CRM-MPL 94
15
A/RES/3162_1973
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CRM-MPL 95
15
A/RES/3458-A_1975
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CRM-MPL 96
15
A/RES/65/112_2011
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…for, any proposed solution needs to be firmly grounded in international law
in order to achieve just and fair, legitimate and sustainable outcomes.
Karin Arts et Pedro Pinto Leite
(in International Law and the question of Western Sahara, Éd. IPJET, 2007 Le droit international et la question du Sahara occidental, Éd. IPJET, 2009)
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CRM-MPL 98
The history of the conflict is downright discouraging to anyone who believes
in the rule of law.
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CRM-MPL 99
Despite dozens of UN Security Council resolutions since 1975, all reaffirming the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination, and the fact
that the UN’s Fourth Committee treats Western Sahara as a Moroccan colony, Morocco continues to put itself above the law and remains firmly in place,
and in charge, in
Western Sahara, Africa’s last colony.
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It is what lawyers call res ipsa loquitur (the thing speaks for itself),
which means that in certain crystal clear situations a simple recitation of the facts, without need of further
proof, is sufficient to presume guilt.
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CRM-MPL 101
We are all Saharawis now
Aujourd’hui, nous sommes tous des Sahraouis
Hoy todos somos saharauis
Frank Rudy Ambassadeur des États Unis
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Occupied but not conquered
Ocupados pero no conquistados
Occupés mais non conquis
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CRM-MPL 103Hmad Hammad
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SOURCES- ‘The rigth to self-determination and the natural resources of the Western Sahara’ (inedit), Carlos Ruiz Miguel
- ‘International law and the question of Western Sahara, Éd. IPJET, 2007, Karin Arts et Pedro Pinto LeiteIPJET (International Platform of Jurist for East Timor)
- http://www.un.org/depts/Cartographic/map/profile/afrique.pdf- http://www.un.org/depts/Cartographic/map/dpko/minurso.pdf-http://un.org A/RES et S/RES -http://arso.org
Carlos Ruiz Miguel and Moisés Ponce de León Iglesias
The Western Sahara Symposium, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Mai 2012