Baku to host international scientific conference on decolonization

An international scientific conference themed “Imperial Structure: Colonial Ideologies and Realities” will be held under the auspices of the Baku Initiative Group (BIG).

Report informs that the event to be held in Baku on June 3 is the first international conference of scholars working in the field of decolonization in various UN structures, as well as other scholars specializing in this field.

The scientific conference will be attended by experienced UN experts in the field of decolonization, renowned scholars working in former and current French colonies, renowned specialists in the field of international law, ambassadors of foreign countries accredited in Azerbaijan, as well as MPs.

The event will deeply analyze the serious consequences of colonialism, the policies implemented by colonial states towards the peoples they enslaved, the methods of discrimination applied, as well as the political, economic and cultural restrictions that are part of neocolonialism, and the policy of deliberate loss of national identity based on scientific and methodological approaches.

The prevention of the completion of the decolonization process by colonial powers, as required by international law and UN resolutions, and in this context, the use of existing opportunities within international organizations, the implementation of effective mechanisms, as well as ways to resolve systemic inequalities at the level of international organizations will be discussed.

On June 4, the foreign participants of the event will give lectures to the faculty and student staff at ADA University and the Azerbaijan University of Languages ​​on “Continuation of colonial thinking in the system of modern international relations”.