University of Copenhagen

29-30 September

In 1957, when the European Union (then EEC) was founded, four of the original six Member States were colonial powers. This conference will bring lawyers, legal historians, sociologists and political scientists together to discuss the ways in which colonialism has shaped the EU legal order. The reverberations of colonialism will be addressed with respect to the construction of EU law in areas such as development aid; trade and free movement; the interpretation of specific legal categories; as well as the in the re-emergence of actors; and the setting up of institutions. 

The conference will feature a keynote address by Kako Nubukpo, Commissioner of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). 

Ultimately, this conference will reflect on the implications of these imprints of colonialism, for the individual subjected to EU law and for the societies that the EU legal order touches.

Please read more about the conference here: https://jura.ku.dk/cecs/calendar/2022/international-conference-colonialism-and-the-eu-legal-order/