RT journal article
T1 Un espacio protegido por del Derecho ambiental europeo en el Norte de África: las Islas Chafarinas
A1 Verdú Baeza, Jesús
A2 Derecho Internacional PúblicoPenal y Procesal
K1 Islas Chafarinas
K1 Zona de Especial Protección para las Aves (ZEPA)
K1 Zona Especialmente Protegida de Importancia para el Mediterráneo (ZEPIM)
K1 marítimo
AB The archipelago of the Chafarinas Islands is the easternmost of the Spanish territoriesin North Africa. It shares with the rest of the rocks and islands the fact that it is outside theframework of Spain’s decentralised territorial administration and depends directly on the centralState administration. Like the rest of Spain’s territories in Africa (including Ceuta and Melilla), it hasbeen the subject of territorial claims by Morocco since its independence. Its maritime areas, like therest of the Spanish territories in Africa, have not been formally demarcated in the Spanish domesticlegal system.In short, it is a territory with a special vulnerability that is the subject of legal disputes and recurrentpolitical crises with Morocco.Unlike the rest of the Spanish territories in Africa, whose titles are based on derivative methodsof acquiring the territory, its incorporation into the national territory was carried out by virtue of anoriginal method, occupation.A special singularity of this small archipelago derives from the fact that the whole of it is a protectedarea under European environmental law. Recognition by the Commission in some ways reinforcesSpain’s position. At the same time, the environmental values of the territory provide opportunitiesfor cross-border cooperation with Morocco, with the possibility of using potential instruments forbuilding mutual trust, which should be based on the possibility of each party being able to safeguardits initial legal positions.
PB Editorial UCA
SN 2341-0868
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27336
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27336
LA spa
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 09-nov-2026