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| | | Article Name : | | | Mayotte under de Facto Sovereignty vs de Jure
Sovereignty: The Franco-Comorian Territorial
Dispute on Mayotte | | Author Name : | | | ABDALLAH MOURTADHOI?
| | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | Comorian sovereign territory in one side and French
department territory in the other side, the island of Mayotte is a
territory of double claims, creating the original sin of the territorial
dispute between the Union of Comoros and the Republic of France.
Since the independence of the archipelago of Comoros in 1975, the
island of Mayotte has been separated from the other three islands of
the archipelago by the misinterpretation of the referendum of selfdetermination of Comoros by France, its former colonial power. The
global result of the referendum shows that the whole archipelago voted
in favour of independence; but taking account island by island, only
the island of Mayotte voted against independence. Consequently,
France decides to grant partial independence to the archipelago –
recognising the independence over the three islands that voted in
favour of independence, while keeping Mayotte under her sovereignty –creating in this context a controversial situation in the customary
international law of decolonisation and also a controversial status of
the island of Mayotte when it comes to its sovereignty. Today the island
of Mayotte is claimed by both Comoros and France. The purpose of this
article is to study and address the Franco-Comorian conflict over
Mayotte in order to help Mayotte gains full sovereignty. The main
question here will be how to end the Franco-Comorian territorial
dispute? | | Keywords : | | | Colonisation, Dispute settlement, Independence, Selfdetermination, Sovereignty, Uti possidetis juris |
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