This entry was posted in Phosphate importation, Political issues on December 21, 2007 by appleton.
This entry was posted in Phosphate importation, Political issues on December 20, 2007 by appleton.
If the farmers of Australia knew the story behind the superphosphate they routinely apply on their lands, they would have to wrestle with a difficult moral dilemma — do they continue using it or boycott this vitally needed commodity?
Published in The Weekly Times 21 June 2006, this article by Xavier Duff reports on the illegal importation of Western Sahara phosphates into Australia and the companies involved.
You are invited to the book launch of International Law and the Question of Western Sahara, with Stephen Zunes at the Institute of International Law and Humanities (IILAH) in the Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, University Square, Carlton (opposite University of Melbourne's main gates on Grattan Street), on Friday 7 December at 5 for 5.30pm-7pm.
International Law and the Question of Western Sahara, edited by Karin Arts and Pedro Pinto Leite and published by IPJET (International Platform of Jurists for East Timor) 352pp, hardback.
Books will be on sale at the launch at the give-away price of $30.
This entry was posted in General, Political issues on December 6, 2007 by appleton.
Charges of torture and genocide levelled at high-ranking Moroccans by Spanish judge…But for Australian fertiliser firms, it's business as usual.
This entry was posted in Political issues on December 6, 2007 by appleton.
Norwegian insurance company, Kommunal Landspensjonskasse Mutual Insurance Company (KLP) has blacklisted Wesfarmers on account of its trade with Morocco in phosphate pillaged from Western Sahara.
This entry was posted in Political issues on November 20, 2007 by appleton.
As far as we know it will be the first collective work published in English dealing with the legal aspects of the Western Sahara problem. The book has been put together by IPJET International Platform of Jurists for East Timor and the Institute of Social Sciences in The Hague from papers delivered at a conference there in October 2006.
With postage and packing costs, sale price through AWSA will be approx $25-$35.
This entry was posted in Political issues on November 16, 2007 by appleton.