European Council approves that "Gibraltar is a colony of the British Crown"

European Council approves that “Gibraltar is a colony of the British Crown”

Friday, April 5th 2019 - 11:33 UTC

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The European Council has been branded “irresponsible” over its inflexible position on draft legislation approved by the European Parliament on Thursday in which Gibraltar, at Spain’s insistence, was described as “a colony”. Read full article

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Terence Hill
“There is a controversy between Spain and the United Kingdom concerning the sovereignty over Gibraltar, a territory for which a solution has to be reached.” On the contrary the European Council is is excess of their jurisdiction, as Spain has refused to put the matter before the ICJ, who does have jurisdiction to decide such an issue.
The ICJ has already issued the following advicement on the issue. So it's a 'slam dunk' for Gibraltar and the UK
TOPIC A: The Question of Sovereignty in Gibraltar
”The question has been put to the International Court of Justice to issue an Advisory Opinion involve the application of the Treaty of Utrecht on the decolonization of Gibraltar and the applicability of the principles of territorial integrity and the self determination on the decolonization.
To answer this questions is important to have in mind the bilateralism of the treaties and the conclusion on another Advisory Opinion emited by the ICJ related to Western Sahara which is that the ascertainment of freely expressed will of people is the very sine qua non of all decolonization.”
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwjUx7HO97jhAhUDF7kGHR5VBtoQFjAAegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ufrgs.br%2Fufrgsmun%2F2008%2Fpreparation%2Fpp%2Ficj_RAMOS.doc&usg=AOvVaw2pTPt0T2QPKV2U_yWpvEyc
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