Mission Statement

SONREP works to protect the natural environment of Western Sahara and defend the rights of the Sahrawi people to freely control and benefit from their resources. We do this through:

A satellite view showing solar panels spread across the desert landscape.
A satellite view showing solar panels spread across the desert landscape.
Solar Energy

Monitoring solar farms and their impact.

Close-up of mineral extraction machinery operating in rocky terrain.
Close-up of mineral extraction machinery operating in rocky terrain.
Mineral Mining

Documenting mineral extraction activities.

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Legal documents and maps spread out on a wooden table.
Legal Status

Reviewing international law implications.

Documentation

Preserving archives and evidence.

• Monitoring, documenting, and reporting illegal exploitation and plundering,

• Exposing and challenging corporate complicity,

• Engaging with UN mechanisms and international institutions,

• Advocating for environmental justice and sovereignty.

• Contributing to the fight against climate change and combating environmental challenges.

Our Core Objectives

• Expose Morocco’s illegal exploitation and plundering of Western Sahara’s resources, including phosphates, fisheries, sand extraction, underground waters, agriculture products, and renewable energies.

Panoramic view of solar panels stretching across a desert ridge under a bright blue sky.
Panoramic view of solar panels stretching across a desert ridge under a bright blue sky.

• Campaign against foreign companies and investors who operate in occupied Western Sahara in violation of international law..

• Challenge greenwashing projects, such as wind and solar energy initiatives used by Morocco to falsely present itself as a leader in the

• Engage with UN human rights and environmental mechanisms, including:

o Working Group on Business and Human Rights

o UN Special Rapporteur on Environment and Human Rights

o UN Special Rapporteur on Climate change.

• Participate in international platforms to advocate for the Sahrawi people's permanent sovereignty over natural resources such as COP and the business and human rights forum.

Our Work in Action

  • Monitor extraction activities using field reports and expert analysis.

  • Write detailed reports and fact sheets on companies involved in illegal resource exploitation and plundering.

  • Provide research and data to international legal bodies and human rights organizations.

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2. Corporate Accountability & Campaigning

  • Investigate and expose multinational corporations operating in occupied Western Sahara.

  • Launch campaigns targeting companies, shareholders, and international investors.

  • Collaborate with global civil society groups to apply pressure and demand divesting.

1. Documentation & Research

3. Environmental Protection & Advocacy

  • Advocate against environmentally harmful practices and projects imposed by the occupying power.

  • Expose Morocco’s greenwashing through renewable energy projects in the occupied territory.

  • Promote community-led environmental awareness in refugee camps and liberated zones.

  • Submit reports and communications to UN special procedures and treaty bodies.

  • Participate in global civil society forums (e.g., COP climate summits, Human Rights Council sessions).

  • Build legal arguments and advocacy in coordination with Sahrawi institutions and international partners.

4. UN & International Engagement

5. Education & Community Engagement

  • Train and coach young Sahrawi in environmental monitoring, advocacy, and the use of legal tools and mechanisms.

  • Develop education materials and host workshops on resource rights and environmental justice.

  • Amplify Sahrawi voices in global conversations on climate, decolonization, and sustainability.

  • Documentary films screening and lectures about Western Sahara struggle.

Contact

Reach out for inquiries or collaboration

Email

Phone

+34 632 86 30 84

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