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The High Representative
The European Council appointed Catherine Ashton High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. Mrs. Ashton expressed her views on Western Sahara in different occasions following specific …
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The Council
The Council of the European Union publishes a Report on the situation of human rights in the world every year. In the last reports a section is dedicated to Western Sahara. 2012 – EU Human Rights Report (para. 59). 2011 – EU Human …
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The European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) has adopted different resolutions related directly or indirectly with the situation on Western Sahara. In 2010 the EP expressed its concerns on the obstacles to an effective enjoyment of human rights by Saharawi people while proposing …
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The European Union and Western Sahara
EU institutions are concerned in different ways with the situation in Western Sahara. Specific views were expressed by: the European Parliament the Council the High Representative The EU commitment has also led to question the legitimacy of commercial agreements which …
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The European Union – General Introduction
The European Union is a unique supranational organisation which reunites the following 28 European States: Austria (year of entry, 1995) Belgium (1952) Bulgaria (2007) Croatia (2013) Cyprus (2004) Czech Republic (2004) Denmark (1973) Estonia (2004) Finland (1995) France (1952) Germany …
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The African Union and the RASD
The Republic Arab Saharawi Democratic accessed the African Union on 27 December 2000. As a Member State of the OUA, it accessed also the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on 2 May 1986. In accordance with Article 62 …
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The African Union and Western Sahara
Among the member States of the African Union, we find the Republic Arab Saharawi Democratic. As the successor of the Organization for the African Union, the African Union reunites all African states except Morocco which withdraw from the OAU in …
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The African Union – General Introduction
The African Union has been established in 1999 taking the place of the former OAU (Organisation of African Unity). Among its aims, we may include i) accelerating the process of integration in the continent, ii) promoting unity and solidarity among …
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The Council of Europe – General Introduction
The Council of Europe is the regional organisation that embraces 47 States of the European continent, namely all but Belorus. The Council of Europe is the regional organisation that embraces 47 States of the European continent, namely all but Belorus. …
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The ICC and Western Sahara
Morocco has not accepted to be a State party to the Statute of the International Criminal Court.
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