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Human Rights Watch calls for Court referral of EU-Morocco fish deal
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Human Rights Watch calls for Court referral of EU-Morocco fish deal

In its letter to the European Parliament, the leading international human rights NGO highlights the need for an opinion of the EU Court of Justice on applying the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement to a territory that is under occupation. Human Rights Watch calls for Court referral of EU-Morocco fish deal Human Rights Watch calls for Court...

98 Saharawi groups call on European Parliament to reject fish deal – wsrw.org
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98 Saharawi groups call on European Parliament to reject fish deal – wsrw.org

Since the EU won’t ask them, Saharawi groups have once again been left with no other choice than to contact EU institutions themselves to indicate they do not want the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement applied to their waters. Close to 100 Saharawi civil society organisations have signed an appeal to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs),...

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Spanish farmers concerned about EU deal for occupied Western Sahara – wsrw.org

Agricultural groups in Spain strongly criticize the European Parliament’s support for extending EU-Morocco trade relations into Western Sahara, stating that it harms the interests of the EU’s own fruit and vegetable farmers. WSRW wrote in November 2018 that even though the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee favoured applying the EU-Morocco trade deal to occupied Western Sahara, it...

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These MEPs blocked a parliament debate on illegal Western Sahara trade – wsrw.org

A proposal to undo the ALDE push of removing a debate on Western Sahara trade from the European Parliament’s agenda was lost by a narrow margin. These are the 153 parliamentarians who prevented a public discussion on the issue of  extending EU-Moroccan trade into occupied Western Sahara. Origen: These MEPs blocked a parliament debate on...

La raison du refus de transparence du Conseil de l’UE sur le Sahara – wsrw.org
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La raison du refus de transparence du Conseil de l’UE sur le Sahara – wsrw.org

Selon le Conseil de l’UE, il ne peut pas rendre public un avis juridique sur un futur accord commercial UE-Maroc au Sahara Occidental occupé, car cela «comporte le risque de compromettre la capacité de parvenir à un accord sur le dossier». Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) a reçu le refus d’un accès à l’avis juridique...

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Le Conseil UE doit divulguer ses avis juridiques sur le Sahara – wsrw.org

De précédent avis juridiques européens confidentiels sur la pêche de l’UE au Sahara Occidental, ou le commerce avec cette pêche, ont été qualifié d’erronés par la Cour de justice. WSRW a demandé aujourd’hui au Conseil de l’UE de publier les documents juridiques en vigueur. Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) a demandé aujourd’hui au Conseil de...

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Morocco draws terrorism card on Western Sahara trade – wsrw.org

  The Moroccan government is now using all possible arguments to pull individual Euro-parliamentarians in their direction. At stake: the extension of a new EU-Morocco trade agreement to the territory it holds under occupation.   Things are heating up in the European Parliament these days.    Origen: Morocco draws terrorism card on Western Sahara trade...

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EP mission report on Western Sahara: all politics, no trade – wsrw.org

  The mission report of Patricia Lalonde, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the proposed EU-Morocco trade deal for Western Sahara, is remarkably void of facts and figures. WSRW retorts. Origen: EP mission report on Western Sahara: all politics, no trade – wsrw.org All Saharawi groups have protested the EU plans for a trade deal for...