Western Sahara Resource Watch
Budget
€60,000
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
3
1.75 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
WSRW's principal purpose is to monitor and comment about the taking of natural resources from the Non-Self-Governing-Territory of Western Sahara, and to address related human rights abuses and environmental protection issues.
EU Legislative Interests
WSRW works to ensure that EU policies affecting Western Sahara and the UN peace process pertaining to the territory, are carried out in conformity with applicable EU case law and international law. Our work spans policy areas that include International Trade, Development, Fisheries, Human Rights, Foreign Affairs and Consumer Affairs, Renewable Energy, among others, with a particular focus on EU-Morocco and EU-Maghreb relations.
Communication Activities
Report: "Above the Law - How the EU, blatantly, imports fish products from occupied Western Sahara, ignoring its own Court of Justice." Published December 2020. Several articles on our website in relation to EU fisheries in Western Sahara, trade imports from the territory, and the proceedings before the EU Court of Justice on EU-Morocco bilateral agreements that are being applied to the territory.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
WSRW is part of the network of the Anna Lindh Foundation - https://www.annalindhfoundation.org/partner-search/70 WSRW is a member of the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable - https://icar.ngo/about/members/
Organisation Members
Affiliated organisations are: Western Sahara Campaign UK - http://www.smalgangen.org/a138x972 Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara - https://vest-sahara.no/en/about-the-organisation Global Aktion - https://globalaktion.dk/english/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.