Działając w imieniu kancelarii arbitrażowej Dugué & Klient Kirtleya, ten Barotseland National Freedom Alliance (BNFA), William Kirtley has published an article concerning Barotseland’s bid for independence from Zambia in the leading Francophone African news magazine Młoda Afryka.
Król Mwanawina III z Barotseland i Rt Hon Macmillan z Wielkiej Brytanii (styczeń 1960)
Były brytyjski protektorat Barotseland willingly chose to become part of Zambia zgodnie z Umowa z Barotseland 1964, a treaty brokered by the United Kingdom that was intended to preserve Barotseland’s semi-autonomous status within an independent Zambia.
Chociaż Kenneth Kaunda, pierwszy prezydent Zambii, 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 zaczynając wkrótce po odzyskaniu niepodległości przez Zambię, going so far as to modify the Zambian Constitution to remove all references to the Barotseland Agreement 1964, do “unieważnienie” the British act of parliament granting sovereignty to Zambia which referred to the Barotseland Agreement 1964, do wywłaszczenia skarbu Barotseland, to changing the name of Barotseland to the generic “Region zachodni” and attempting to destroy Barotseland’s previously well-functioning institutions.
Zrozumiały, w 2012, ten 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. Jeszcze, zamiast angażować się w dialog Zambia zwiększyła represje w byłym brytyjskim protektoracie Barotseland, 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 Arbitraż PCA w Hadze.
Źródło: Młoda Afryka (2014)
Spotykać się z kimś, w przybliżeniu 10,000 Przedstawiciele Barotseland podpisali umowę arbitrażową PCA designed to allow an independent and neutral arbitral tribunal in The Hague to rule upon the status of the Barotseland Agreement 1964 zgodnie z prawem międzynarodowym. 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 Młoda Afryka concerning Barotseland’s enlightened attempts to have the issue of its legal status settled by way of PCA arbitration, zamiast przemocy, jak się wydaje, że Zambia szuka, was prepared jointly by the BNFA, William Kirtley, francuski socjolog, Koralie Wietrzykowski and Audrey and Christophe Dugué. It may be found online at https://jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20140606174635/ and is reproduced below.
