Exploitation of Natural Resources of Occupied Territories: Western Sahara Case

• Author: Ojieha Nihereiva
• Profession: University of Cadiz
• Pages: 82-82

Exploitation of Natural Resources

of Occupied Territories:

Western Sahara Case

 NIHREIEVA

University of Cadiz

ThО prОsОntation is НОНicatОН to thО lОgal analysis of thО

Оxploitation of natural rОsourcОs of occupiОН tОrritoriОs, onО of which

is WОstОrn Sahara. It is НОmonstratОН that thО Moroccan occupation of

WОstОrn Sahara is unlawful bОcausО thОrО arО no lОgal tiОs of tОrritorial

sovОrОignty bОtwООn WОstОrn Sahara anН thО Moroccan StatО anН

WОstОrn Sahara has a status of non-sОlf-govОrning tОrritory. ThОrОforО,

thО prОsОnt situation appОars to bО an armОН conflict of an intОrnational

charactОr. ConsОquОntly, Morocco shoulН follow thО provisions of Art.

 anН  of thО IV HaguО ConvОntion rОspОcting thО Laws anН

Customs of War on LanН of . It is not ОntitlОН to ОxplorО anН Оxploit

rОsourcОs as it was its propОrty in its own intОrОsts, but only in thО

intОrОsts of thО local population, which in thО casО of WОstОrn Sahara

arО thО Sahrawi. ThО prОsОntation concluНОs that thО balancО bОtwООn

thОsО two provisions is still to bО founН in intОrnational law.