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THE WESTERN SAHARASELECTED PRIMARY LEGAL SOURCES15 BASIC STATEMENTS ON THE CONFLICT
Carlos Ruiz MiguelUniversity of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain
Moisés Ponce de León IglesiasUniversité Rennes 2, France
Yolanda Blanco SoutoUniversity of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain
THE WESTERN SAHARASELECTED PRIMARY LEGAL SOURCES15 BASIC STATEMENTS ON THE CONFLICT
1st edition: Santiago de Compostela, November 2018
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PRELIMINARY REMARKS ................................................................................................ 11
GEOGRAPHICAL-HISTORICAL NOTES ........................................................................... 13
CHRONOLOGY .................................................................................................................. 17
15 BASIC STATEMENTS ON THE CONFLICT OF WESTERN SAHARA...................... 25
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The Western Sahara is a “non‑self governing territory” and a “colonial country” ...................................... 27
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The conflict of Sahara Occidental is a “question of decolonization” ....................................................................................... 31
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The UN, EU, OAU and AU recognize internationally the existence of the “people of Western Sahara” .......................................................................................... 41
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The ‘people of Western Sahara’ is composed by the “indigenous people of the Territory” ...................... 49
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The ‘people of Western Sahara’ has a “right to self‑determination” ................................................................................... 55
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The ‘right of self-determination’ of the ‘people of Western Sahara’ is “inalienable” ..................................... 63
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The ‘inalienable right of self-determination’ of the ‘people of Western Sahara’ should be exercised by a “referendum” ......................................................... 69
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The referendum of self-determination should be “free, democratic and impartial” “without any administrative or military contraints” .............................. 81
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The ‘people of Western Sahara’ has a “right to independence” because never existed “any tie of territorial sovereignty” between Morocco and the Western Sahara .................................................................................. 87
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Spain is the “administering power” of the Western Sahara .............................................................................................. 101
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The presence of Morocco in the major part of Western Sahara is an “ocupation” ........................................ 105
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The Frente Polisario is the “representative” of the ‘people of Western Sahara’ ................................................. 119
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The Frente Polisario and Morocco are the two “parties to the conflict” ..................................................................... 123
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The “people of the Western Sahara” has “legitimacy” to “struggle to secure the enjoyment” of their “right to self‑determination and Independence” ................................................................................... 133
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There is a “responsability of the United Nations with regard to the decolonization of the Western Sahara” .......................................................................................... 137
Final thoughts ................................................................................................... 143
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRIMARY SOURCES ON THE CONFLICT OF WESTERN SAHARA .......................................................................................................... 145
