Human rights and international security: an analysis of the Western Sahara conflict

The international regime for the protection and promotion of Human Rights has been expanding and consolidating within the Framework of the United Nations (UN) from the middle of the 20th century to the present day. After the Cold War, human rights issues became part of the international security age...

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Main Authors: Jéssica Moreira de Amorim Morais, Julia Bertino Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Graduate Programme in International Strategic Studies (PPGEEI) 2020-11-01
Series:Revista Conjuntura Austral
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Online Access:https://seer.ufrgs.br/ConjunturaAustral/article/view/102698/59162
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spelling doaj.art-2dc926ec713044f49e7503d166b8a5862022-12-21T22:30:15ZengGraduate Programme in International Strategic Studies (PPGEEI)Revista Conjuntura Austral2178-88392178-88392020-11-011156627610.22456/2178-8839.102698Human rights and international security: an analysis of the Western Sahara conflictJéssica Moreira de Amorim Morais0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9921-0566Julia Bertino Moreira1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3951-508XUniversidade Federal do ABCUniversidade Federal do ABCThe international regime for the protection and promotion of Human Rights has been expanding and consolidating within the Framework of the United Nations (UN) from the middle of the 20th century to the present day. After the Cold War, human rights issues became part of the international security agenda, as the competence of the Security Council (CS) - which is responsible for conflict resolution, as is the case in Western Sahara. During the process of expanding the International Security agenda, two distinct principles were coined, but they talk well with each other: human security and the responsibility to protect. Both helped bring Human Rights to the top of the international agenda. This paper focuses on these principles when analyzing the human rights situation in the case of Western Sahara at two specific times: before and after the expansion of the International Security agenda, equivalent to the period during the armed conflict (from 1975 to 1991) and the period after the ceasefire (from 1991 to the present). We will use documentary research and bibliographic review as methodological resources, based on academic articles, books, official UN documents and NGO reports.https://seer.ufrgs.br/ConjunturaAustral/article/view/102698/59162human rightswestern saharainternational security
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title Human rights and international security: an analysis of the Western Sahara conflict
title_full Human rights and international security: an analysis of the Western Sahara conflict
title_fullStr Human rights and international security: an analysis of the Western Sahara conflict
title_full_unstemmed Human rights and international security: an analysis of the Western Sahara conflict
title_short Human rights and international security: an analysis of the Western Sahara conflict
title_sort human rights and international security an analysis of the western sahara conflict
topic human rights
western sahara
international security
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