South Africa Urges Global Action on Western Sahara
South Africa has adopted a call to strengthen international action to protect human rights in the occupied Western Sahara, emphasizing the need to put an end to the violations committed by the Moroccan occupation, which include arbitrary detention, torture, and ill-treatment of Sahrawi defenders, including students, activists, and media and legal figures. South African Ambassador Zahir Laher stated during a seminar on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council in Geneva that this requires effective international accountability and ensuring the Sahrawi people’s right to freely determine their future. He also warned that the absence of human rights protections in Western Sahara continues, criticizing the lack of a specific mandate within MINURSO and condemning the double standards that allow violations to spread unchecked, prolonging the illegal occupation and hindering the population’s right to self-determination. He called on the international community to take serious measures to enable the Sahrawi people's legitimate right to referendum and self-determination, asserting that continued occupation threatens human rights and the integrity of the international legal system.
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