THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND THE QUESTION OF THE WESTERN SAHARA

The Volkenrechtskring, the Amsterdam Student Association of International Law,

cordially invites you to our next event:


THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND THE QUESTION OF THE WESTERN SAHARA

Monday, 20 April 2009, 19h00 - 22h00, Room D109 Oudemanhuispoort

The former Deputy Chairman of the UN Peacekeeping Mission for Western Sahara, Frank Ruddy, depicts the issue of the Western Sahara as “Morocco’s brazen land grab of Western Sahara, a land grab that stole from the people of Western Sahara any say in their own future”. The Moroccan government on the other hand, says that Western Sahara is an integral part of the Kingdom of Morocco. This discrepancy is exemplary for the gap that exists between international law and thepresent situation in the Western Sahara. It is this gap that will be at the focal point of a debate on the 20th of April 2009, organized by the Amsterdam Student Association of International Law.

Speakers

Prof. Christine Chinkin, professor of International Law at the renowned London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Prof. Abdelhamid El Houali, professor of Law at the University of Casablanca.
Dr. Pedro Pinto Leite, secretary of the International Platform of Jurists for East Timor (IPJET)

Moderator

Dr. Catherine Brollmann, associate professor of international law at the University of Amsterdam

Location

Room D109, Oudemanhuispoort
Oudemanhuispoort 4-6
1012 CN Amsterdam

Be sure not to miss it! The event is free of charge. Please forward this message and the attached press release to whomever may be interested.

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