The Inaugural Conference of the Western Sahara Research Group will take place in 14^th January 2022 at NOVA School of Law (Lisbon), with a complementary online attendance option depending on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic situation. This Conference will have as the general theme the international situation of Western Sahara almost 50 years after the landmark ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the self-determination of that territory.

Online, from 15th to 17th of June 2021, under the theme “Challenging the future of Global Development”.

Organization: The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Portuguese Platform of Non-Governmental Development Organizations (NGDO) and the Center for Studies on Africa and Development of ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Lisbon University (CEsA/ISEG)