[Tagging] Add some tag to identify disputed borders

Peter Elderson pelderson at gmail.com
Mon Nov 26 11:24:05 UTC 2018


The whole thing seems pretty shaky to me.

Op ma 26 nov. 2018 om 11:46 schreef Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com>:

> On 26/11/2018 08:35, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> >> On 23. Nov 2018, at 17:33, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> We should be therefore able to repurpose the roles in a type=boundary
> relation to store information about claimed, "de facto", and "de jure"
> borders
> >
> > can you give a definition for de jure?
> > Which law applies?
>
>
> Notwithstanding that I don't think we can repurpose roles for this, as
> already mentioned, I think you need to look at actual examples rather
> talk in the abstract.
>
> To take Western Sahara as an example,
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Western_Sahara#United_Nations
> etc. describes the international political situation.  What would you
> say was the "de jure" border there and on what basis? According to
> MINURSO https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/mission/minurso they are
> "preparing for a choice", rather than directly trying to establish an
> independent Western Sahara.
>
> Maybe part of the "de jure" list could come from those places in
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_list_of_Non-Self-Governing_Territories#Current_entries
> (but excluding those for which there is no other claimant) would help?
> That names "Western Sahara", although it doesn't define its borders here.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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