The resolution of conflicts on the prohibition of the full veil
Mario Ruiz Sanz, professor of Legal Philosophy at Rovira i Virgili University, and Encarnación La Spina, postdoctoral researcher at Aix-Marseille University, will impart a practical seminar on the prohibition of the full veil in Europe, on 13 May at 10:30 am. The activity intends both to critically examine the arguments put forward in order to illegalise the concealment of the face in public spaces and to illustrate the usefulness of collaborative learning in the teaching of human rights.
"Ghetto" schools: a challenge for the right to education
Although Spanish authorities do not collect systematic data on the national origins of the students enrolled in primary and secondary schools, a numer of reports have pointed out that several cities are faced with high rates of ethnic segregation in the educational sphere. In order to promote a better understanding and management of this phenomenon, Javier García Medina, professor of Legal Philosophy at the University of Valladolid, and Jaime Bonet Navarro, professor of Ecclesiastical Law at the University of Valencia, will offer a seminar entitled "Ghetto schools: a challenge for the right to education", on 6 May at 10:30 am.
Right to health: between universality and exclusion
In the context of the Spanish economic crisis, one of the main obstacles for the integration of foreign nationals has been the limitation of its economic and social rights, including the right to healthcare. The scope and impact of these restrictions will be scrutinised on Tuesday 21 April during the seminar on "Right to health: between universality and exclusion", with Carlos Lema, professor of Legal Philosophy at Carlos III University in Madrid, and Rafael Sotoca, president of Doctors of the World in the Valencian Community.
Local communities, interculturalism and the potential of mediation
The Intercultural Community Intervention Project, launched by Fundación Obra Social La Caixa in 2010 and currently implemented in 39 Spanish regions, has become a model of good practice in the area of mediation and diversity management. Carlos Giménez Romero, the project's scientific director and a social anthropology professor at Madrid's Universidad Autónoma, will share the lessons learned on 3 March at 5 pm, in the conference entitled "Local communities, interculturalism and the potential of mediation: The experience of a cohesion-building project in high-diversity areas". The activity will be open to the public in the auditorium of the Gregori Maians Social Sciences Library at the University of Valencia (Tarongers Campus).
