Baku Initiative Group

24/06/2026

The right of return stands at the heart of the discussion, carrying deep personal and historical weight.

24/06/2026

During the conference, participants had the opportunity to view a photo-exhibition dedicated to the forced displacement of Western Azerbaijanis from modern-day Armenia. Through photographs and presentations of historical monuments and mosques, the exhibition underscored the deep-rooted historical and cultural connection of Western Azerbaijanis to their ancestral homeland.

24/06/2026

International conference titled “Right of Return and Self-Determination: Double Standards and Selective Approaches.” has kicked off at the Congress building (Capitol Hill), Washington DC, USA.

The conference brings together experts specializing in the protection of the rights of refugees and national minorities, representatives of pro-independence movements from Dutch colonial territories, members of Sikh comunities, human rights defenders, specialists in international law, representatives of diaspora organizations whose communities have been subjected to ethnically motivated violence, discrimination, and persecution, as well as representatives of civil society institutions and affected communities.

23/06/2026

Poverty rate in mainland France: 14.4%

Poverty rates in France’s overseas territories:

French Guiana – 53%
Martinique – 27%
Guadeloupe – 34%
Reunion – 36%

22/06/2026

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Caribbean island of Curaçao served as a major Dutch slave trading hub. While the 1789 census recorded nearly 13,000 enslaved people living and working on the island, Curaçao's primary role was a transit market. Over 100,000 Africans were brought to the island's open markets, where families were torn apart before being sold to other countries.

21/06/2026

Moussa Abderahman - Member of Global South Youth Platform: The Global South Youth Platform aims to become a bridge between talents, ideas, and opportunities.

20/06/2026

World Refugee day

19/06/2026

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18/06/2026

Discussion in French National Assembly over proposed constitutional status of Corsica:

✓ The granting of autonomous status to Corsica within the French Republic and the constitutional entrenchment of this status;
✓ The recognition of the Corsican language as an official language;
✓ The scope of legislative and administrative powers to be transferred to Corsican institutions, as well as the oversight mechanisms to be retained by the French State;

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Débat à l’Assemblée nationale française sur le projet de statut constitutionnel de la Corse :

✓ L’octroi à la Corse d’un statut d’autonomie au sein de la République française et l’inscription de ce statut dans la Constitution française ;
✓ La reconnaissance de la langue corse comme langue officielle ;
✓ L’étendue des compétences législatives et administratives qui seraient transférées aux institutions corses, ainsi que les mécanismes de contrôle qui resteraient exercés par l’État français ;

Nazione

18/06/2026

Billy Wetewea, Kanaky petitioner.
"People in Kanaky are not asking for privileges but rather dignity"

United Nations

(4th plenary meeting) Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24) 2026 session