“France’s recognition of Morocco’s illegal annexation of the Western Sahara is a significant blow not just to international law’s strict prohibition on acquiring territory by force but to the very human beings in Western Sahara the law is intended to protect. This recognition will only encourage the impunity of regimes like Russia and Israel, who see that eventually, their own might, in Ukraine and Palestine, will make right. If even France must fall in line behind US diktat on Western Sahara, the laws of war be damned, France’s own sovereignty has taken a hit.”
- Sarah Leah Whitson, DAWN's Executive Director
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