Contested Sovereignties: Peace and Conflict in Western Sahara

27 March 2026 | 10:30 - 12:30

Agenda:

What comes next in Western Sahara: a return to the negotiating table?
Riccardo Fabiani, International Crisis Group

The EU’s territorial (un)differentiation of Western Sahara and Sahrawi legal activism
Irene Fernandez-Molina, University of Exeter

Algeria's role in the Western Sahara issue, between rhetoric and reality
Caterina Roggero, University of Milano-Bicocca and ISPI

Self-determination of the Sahrawi people after UNSC Resolution 2797
Lorenzo Gasbarri, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Chair: Kevin Koehler, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna