22/10/2024
Resistance in the Courtroom:
Western Sahara vs. the EU and the Fight Against Neocolonial Exploitation (EN)
Panel discussion with Polisario lawyer Manuel Devers, journalist Jörg Tiedjen and Polisario representative Nadjat Hamdi, organized by the Western Sahara Network.
Fri. November 01 at 19:00 in the
Mehringhof, Gneisenaustraße 2, Berlin
The Western Sahara is occupied by Morocco since the 1970s. The EU and European companies profit from the exploitation through trade and fishing agreements with Morocco - against the will of the Sahrawi people, represented by the Frente Polisario.
The legal situation is clear: following legal action by the Polisario, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) declared the agreements illegal in 2016 and 2018. Two new agreements followed in 2019. The Polisario sued again, and the ruling was recently upheld again.
With the panelists, we discuss legal remedies as a form of resistance, the role of the international community, and the involvement of major German corporations.