Dissemination session on immigration, human rights and public policy
Professors Ángeles Solanes and Albert Mora will be in Burjassot on Tuesday 27 September at 18.00 to participate in a panel discussion entitled "Immigration policy and limitations on rights: Unresolved issues". The presentations belong to a series of 15 training sessions held by Valencia University's Department for Participation and Territorial Projection in collaboration with the Social Welfare and Education Department of the Valencia Provincial Council. Two areas of systematic human rights violations in Spanish immigration policy will be discussed: border controls and immigration detention. For more information on this free-access activity (in Catalan), click here.
Ángeles Solanes: “To think that all women wear the burqini by imposition is to negate their capacity to decide”
The prohibition of the burqini in several French municipalities has brought to the fore the interaction between the governance of diversity, the fight against racism and the promotion of gender equality. In an interview with Naya Puri from Radio Gandía, professor Ángeles Solanes sustained that the bans had no place in democratic states under the rule of law, since they infringe women’s freedom and the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of religion. In addition, they do not pursue a legitimate aim but the exclusion of cultural differences from the public space. To watch the interview (in Catalan), click here.
International seminar on police, diversity and rights education
An international seminar on Police, diversity and rights education organised by Multihuri and Valencia city council will be held on 28 June at Palau de Cervero (4 Cardenal Cisneros Sq). The conference brings together a range of key researchers and officials working in the field of diversity and equality. Javier de Lucas, professor of Legal and Political Philosophy at the University of Valencia, will open the seminar with a lecture entitled "The struggle for human rights: discrimination and cultural diversity". The following presentations will tackle historical issues, hate crimes and anti-discrimination law, the evolution of police institutions, social education, bureaucratic representativeness and rural areas. Click on the icon to read the full program.
Comparing the accommodation of cultural diversity in Spain and Canada
Ángeles Solanes will close the Course on intercultural mediation and diversity management in the Valencian Community (migracionesyciudadanía.es), currently in its third edition, with a conference on the accommodation of cultural diversity in Spain and Canada on 27 June at 17.00h, in Valencia University's Faculty of Social Sciences. By drawing on the Canadian experience, she will identify legal and policy instruments to integrate diversity while deepening democratic pluralism and protecting the exercise of fundamental rights. Access is free for the general public until seats are filled.
