Human Rights and Democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025

Tabled by Isabel Serra Sánchez, Irene Montero, Danilo Della Valle, Hanna Gedin, Jonas Sjöstedt, Per Clausen, João Oliveira

Added: 29a. Deplores the flagrant human rights violations committed in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, including the violation of freedom of expression and assembly, the torture and ill-treatment reported by political prisoners, the unfair trials, the repression during demonstrations (including cases of torture and killings), and the prohibition of free entry to the occupied territories for observers and the international press; stresses that Western Sahara is a separate and distinct territory in relation to any State, including Morocco; strongly calls for the EU and its Member States to support the self-determination and decolonisation efforts of the Sahrawi people by ensuring an urgent, just and lasting solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, based on the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people and in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions; recalls the CJEU rulings declaring the EU-Morocco Association Agreement inapplicable to Western Sahara owing to the lack of consent from the Sahrawi people, and urges the EU and its Member States to suspend the EU-Morocco Association Agreement;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE782.000v01-00