摘要：Volumen V - 2005 ISSN 1870-4654 EL LARGO CAMINO JURÍDICO Y POLÍTICO HACIA EL PLAN BAKER II. ¿ESTACIÓN DE TÉRMINO? * Carlos RUIZ MIGUEL ** There are few cases where the tension between the "law" and "politics" can be perceived as well as in the Western Sahara. The law applied to the case has remained practically intact since Spain, the former power, declared Western Sahara as a "non autonomous territory" within the United Nations. Since then, the various UN agencies have maintained intact the doctrine that reads that we are before a colony that does not belong to the "territorial integrity" of another State, and that therefore, shall be decolonized by means of a self determination referendum. The so called Baker Plan II backed up by Security Council resolutions 1495 and 1541 represents the last pole in which a political solution that does not harm International "Law" is possible. * Este artículo es una actualización y revisión del trabajo homónimo publicado por el Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos, como Documento de Trabajo/ Working Paper 2003/19 (Madrid, 13 de octubre de 2003), 33 pp. De aquella primera versión existe una traducción francesa de Martine de Froberville [ http://arso.org.site.voila.fr/CRM131003.html ] y una traducción árabe [ http://www.creima.net/plan%20issues2.htm ]. ** Catedrático de derecho constitucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. * Nota: Debido que la traducción es automática podrá ser inexacta o contener errores.
