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BREAKING: EU Court ruling: occupied Western Sahara not part of EU-Morocco agreements
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The Oil and Gas

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The renewable energy

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The fishing industry

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The phosphate exports

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The infrastructure

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The sand, salt, minerals

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The agriculture

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The chronology of the EU court cases

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UAE billions to controversial hydrogen project on occupied land

The Belgian-related UAE company Dahamco is to invest several billion dollars in a highly problematic energy project on occupied territory. 

Published 12 February 2025

EU Court rejects Commission’s Western Sahara rewrite

The EU Court of Justice has dismissed the European Commission's request to rectify specific paragraphs in its 2024 rulings, as it questions whether the majority of the people of Western Sahara live outside of the territory.

Published 05 February 2025

WSRW turns 20 years

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Western Sahara Resource Watch. 

Published 05 February 2025

EU Council acknowledges defeat to Polisario in EU Court

In a legal note, the EU Council admits that the highest EU court has definitively annulled the EU-Morocco Trade and Fisheries Agreements as they applied to Western Sahara, marking a clear victory for the Saharawi people’s struggle for self-determination.

Published 31 January 2025

EU institutions have legal responsibility to ban Western Sahara products, French Court rules

The French Court's confirmation comes a week after representatives of the Spanish agricultural sector called on the EU to end tomato imports from Western Sahara.

Published 30 January 2025

EU Commission still scratching heads over ECJ rulings

Three months have passed since the EU Court of Justice banned EU-Morocco trade deals in occupied Western Sahara. The EU Commission is still in the dark on how to take it from here. 

Published 28 January 2025