Sahrawi Law - Human Rights in Western Sahara, International Bureau for the Respect of Human Rights in Western Sahara (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The following WikiProjects or Portals may be able to help recruit one: WikiProject Human rights Human rights Portal WikiProject Africa Africa PortalIf another appropriate WikiProject or portal exists, please adjust this template accordingly.(March 2008) Morocco sees Western Sahara as its Southern Provinces, and has been claiming it since its independence in 1956 . Morocco considers the Polisario Front as a separatist movement given the Moroccan origins of many of its leaders, and a puppet in the hands of Algeria. The Polisario Front argues that according to international organizations as the UN or the AU, Morocco illegally occupies the parts of Western Sahara under its control, as a last episode of the vision of a Great Morocco, and considers itself a national liberation movement aiming at leading the disputed territory to independence under the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The United States, the European Union and the United Nations do not recognize the sovereignty of Morocco over Western Sahara, but do see it as the administrative power pending a solution to the conflict. They consider the Polisario Front as one of the two belligerent parties in the conflict, but do not recognize its auto-proclaimed SADR. The Western Sahara conflict has resulted in severe human rights abuses, most notably the aerial bombardments with Napalm