International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975)

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International Court of Justice case advisory opinion advisory opinion on decolonization legal ruling

The International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) was a landmark legal ruling that concluded Western Sahara was not terra nullius at the time of Spanish colonization and affirmed the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) canonical	2
Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara of the International Court of Justice	1
International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara	1
Western Sahara, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1975, p. 12	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	International Court of Justice case ⓘ advisory opinion ⓘ advisory opinion on decolonization ⓘ legal ruling ⓘ
areaOfLaw	international law ⓘ law of decolonization ⓘ self-determination ⓘ
bindingNature	non-binding advisory opinion ⓘ
citation	International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Sahara, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1975, p. 12
concernsState	Mauritania ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Spain ⓘ
concernsTerritory	Spanish Sahara ⓘ surface form: Western Sahara
countryOfCourt	Netherlands ⓘ
court	International Court of Justice ⓘ
date	1975-10-16 ⓘ
decisionFormat	majority opinion ⓘ
hasDissentingOpinions	true ⓘ
hasSeparateOpinions	true ⓘ
influenced	UN General Assembly resolutions on Western Sahara ⓘ surface form: United Nations practice on Western Sahara international discourse on the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalFinding	Western Sahara was inhabited by peoples socially and politically organized in tribes under chiefs competent to represent them ⓘ Western Sahara was not terra nullius at the time of Spanish colonization ⓘ certain legal ties of allegiance existed between Mauritanian entities and some of the tribes of Western Sahara ⓘ legal ties of allegiance existed between the Sultan of Morocco and some of the tribes of Western Sahara ⓘ the legal ties found did not affect the application of the principle of self-determination through the free and genuine expression of the will of the peoples of Western Sahara ⓘ the legal ties found did not amount to territorial sovereignty of Morocco or Mauritania over Western Sahara ⓘ
legalStatusOfTerritory	non-self-governing territory ⓘ
place	The Hague ⓘ
principleAffirmed	non‑applicability of terra nullius to Western Sahara at the time of colonization ⓘ self-determination of peoples ⓘ
recognizedRight	right of the Sahrawi people to freely determine their political status ⓘ right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination ⓘ
relatedTo	Madrid Accords ⓘ surface form: Madrid Accords (1975) Sahrawi people ⓘ Spanish Sahara ⓘ
requestedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
subjectMatter	decolonization ⓘ self-determination ⓘ status of Western Sahara ⓘ territorial status of Western Sahara at the time of Spanish colonization ⓘ
typeOfProceeding	advisory proceedings ⓘ
UNResolutionRequestingOpinion	UN General Assembly Resolution 3292 (XXIX) ⓘ
year	1975 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Green March → legalContext → International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) ⓘ

Green March → precededBy → International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara

Madrid Accords → follows → International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara of the International Court of Justice

International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) → citation → International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1975, p. 12

La Marche Verte → precededBy → International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) ⓘ