The Western Sahara Question and International Law: Recognition Doctrine and Self-Determination

ISBN-13: 9781032658797 / Twarda / 2024 / 120 str.

Jamie Trinidad

Opis

This book analyses recent developments concerning the application of the international legal doctrines of recognition and self-determination in relation to the Western Sahara Question. It investigates the emergent shift in favour of Morocco’s sovereignty claim to Western Sahara and the spate of third States establishing consulates there.

Recenzje

'The reader has in [their] hands a specific study on a classic but highly topical question in public international law: does the opening of consular offices in an occupied territory constitute recognition of the sovereignty of the occupying state over the territory? This short and interesting study rigorously analyses this question and serves as an introduction to the Western Sahara conflict for those unfamiliar with it.'

Juan Soroeta, Professor of International Law at the University of the Basque Country.

Spis treści

I. Introduction;  II. Self-Determination and the Western Sahara Question;  III. The Doctrine of Recognition and Morocco’s Claim to Western Sahara;  IV.  Recent Developments in UN Practice Concerning Western Sahara;  V. Implications of Growing Support for the Moroccan Position on Western Sahara;  VI. Conclusion: The Future of Western Sahara and the Future of International Law

O autorze

Stephen Allen is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, University of London, and a practising barrister.

Jamie Trinidad KC is a Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, and a practising barrister.