중재 법률 회사 Dugué를 대표하여 행동 & 커 틀리의 고객, 그만큼 Barotseland National Freedom Alliance (BNFA), 윌리엄 커 틀리 has published an article concerning Barotseland’s bid for independence from Zambia in the leading Francophone African news magazine 젊은 아프리카.
Barotseland의 Mwanawina III 왕과 영국의 Rt Hon Macmillan (일월 1960)
전 영국의 보호국 바로 트랜드 willingly chose to become part of 잠비아 에 따라 Barotseland 계약 1964, a treaty brokered by the United Kingdom that was intended to preserve Barotseland’s semi-autonomous status within an independent Zambia.
케네스 카 운다, 잠비아 최초의 대통령, signed the treaty himself on behalf of the Government of Northern Rhodesia, he and the Zambian Government would violate every provision of the Barotseland Agreement 1964 잠비아 독립 후 곧 시작, going so far as to modify the Zambian Constitution to remove all references to the Barotseland Agreement 1964, 에 “무효화” the British act of parliament granting sovereignty to Zambia which referred to the Barotseland Agreement 1964, Barotseland의 재무부 수용, to changing the name of Barotseland to the generic “서부 지역” and attempting to destroy Barotseland’s previously well-functioning institutions.
이해할 수있는, 에 2012, 그만큼 Barotseland National Council voted to accept Zambia’s abrogation of the Barotseland Agreement 1964, with the logical consequence that Barotseland had regained its independence since the treaty by which it freely forged a union with Zambia had ended. 아직, 잠비아는 대화를하기보다는 오히려 영국의 Barotseland 보호국에서 탄압을 증가시켰다, imprisoning dozens of Barotseland activists on the charge of treason and increasing the police presence in Barotseland while refusing to consider Barotseland’s calls for the peaceful resolution of the issue of Barotseland’s legal status by way of 헤이그의 PCA 중재.
출처: 젊은 아프리카 (2014)
현재까지, 대략 10,000 Barotseland 담당자가 PCA 중재 계약에 서명했습니다 designed to allow an independent and neutral arbitral tribunal in The Hague to rule upon the status of the Barotseland Agreement 1964 국제법에 따라. President Sata of Zambia has steadfastly refused to sign the PCA arbitration agreement, in an apparent recognition that Zambia’s acts flagrantly violated the treaty.
The article in 젊은 아프리카 concerning Barotseland’s enlightened attempts to have the issue of its legal status settled by way of PCA arbitration, 잠비아가 추구하는 것처럼 폭력보다는, was prepared jointly by the BNFA, 윌리엄 커 틀리, 프랑스 사회 과학자, Koralie Wietrzykowski와 Audrey와 Christophe Dugué. It may be found online at https://jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20140606174635/ and is reproduced below.
