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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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EU-Morocco Statement: autonomy without self-determination, law without lawfulness

A joint statement that came out of last week’s EU-Morocco Association Council asks readers to believe in a fiction: that an undefined autonomy plan imposed by an occupying power can satisfy the right to self-determination, and that respect for international law can coexist with the systematic ignoring of the EU’s own highest court.

Published 02 February 2026

Greenland Yes, Western Sahara No? The EU’s self-determination test

As the European Union rightly rallies behind Greenlanders’ right to decide their own future in the face of external pressure, a test of the EU’s real commitment to self-determination is quietly unfolding in Brussels.  

Published 22 January 2026

New report: Certified occupation

International certification standards embellish Morocco’s controversial trade with fisheries and agricultural products in occupied Western Sahara, new report documents.

Published 16 December 2025

Certification giant SGS points fingers elsewhere

SGS blames everyone else for mistakes on MarinTrust certificates it had issued to Moroccan companies in occupied Western Sahara. 

Published 15 December 2025

New report: Greenwashing Occupation

Out now: WSRW today publishes a new report outlining the massive - and deeply problematic - renewable energy projects that Morocco is developing in occupied Western Sahara. 

Published 11 December 2025

GMP+ does not check if “sustainable” fish is legally caught

The world’s largest certification scheme for “safe and sustainable animal feed” does not check whether its certified fish feed companies source from illegal fisheries in occupied Western Sahara, where catches violate the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination.

Published 05 December 2025