Papers by Roberta Medda-Windischer
Superdiversity and sub-national autonomous regions: perspectives from the South Tyrolean case
Policy Press eBooks, Oct 21, 2020
This chapter discusses whether the policies aimed at protecting the historical traditional minori... more This chapter discusses whether the policies aimed at protecting the historical traditional minorities in South Tyrol help or hinder the creation of a tolerant and pluralistic society, and enable a defensive approach so far adopted by the South Tyrol authorities towards migration and the cultural diversity of migrants and their families. It relies primarily on the analysis of legal and policy documents, and judgments of national and international courts as well previous literature and empirical studies on South Tyrol. The chapter focuses on the competences of the South Tyrolean authorities and the measures introduced by them as regards integration and inclusion. It also looks at several recent rulings, concerning the Province of Bozen/Bolzano, by the Italian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice. The chapter concludes with observations on how to develop a defensible framework for the management of new and more complex forms of diversity at the subnational autonomous level in, but also beyond, the South Tyrolean case that reconciles unity and diversity and that overcomes, at the same time, the traditional 'old–new' minority dichotomy.
Changing Perspectives in Minority Studies: A Human Rights Model of Diversity Governance for Old and New Minorities
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG eBooks, 2022
Religious Minorities in Pluralist Societies
Europäische zivilgesellschaftliche Integration und gemeinsame Werte: Die Erfahrung eines Brettspiels
Springer eBooks, 2023
Anuario de acción humanitaria y derechos humanos, Dec 11, 2017
The present article analyzes how main issues and dilemmas that religious minorities and groups po... more The present article analyzes how main issues and dilemmas that religious minorities and groups pose and face in contemporary societies in which, in the terms of the European Court of Human Rights, several religions coexist within one and the same population, have been or may be addressed through the lens of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Condizione e prospettive di integrazione degli stranieri in Alto Adige: relazioni sociali, lingua, religione e valori. = Conditions and Prospects for integration of foreigners in Alto Adige (South Tyrol): Social relations, language, religion, and values. EDAP 2011
Militant or pluralist secularism? The European Court of Human Rights facing religious diversity
Routledge eBooks, Apr 28, 2020
Superdiversity and sub-national autonomous regions: perspectives from the South Tyrolean case
Policy Press eBooks, Oct 21, 2020
This chapter discusses whether the policies aimed at protecting the historical traditional minori... more This chapter discusses whether the policies aimed at protecting the historical traditional minorities in South Tyrol help or hinder the creation of a tolerant and pluralistic society, and enable a defensive approach so far adopted by the South Tyrol authorities towards migration and the cultural diversity of migrants and their families. It relies primarily on the analysis of legal and policy documents, and judgments of national and international courts as well previous literature and empirical studies on South Tyrol. The chapter focuses on the competences of the South Tyrolean authorities and the measures introduced by them as regards integration and inclusion. It also looks at several recent rulings, concerning the Province of Bozen/Bolzano, by the Italian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice. The chapter concludes with observations on how to develop a defensible framework for the management of new and more complex forms of diversity at the subnational autonomous level in, but also beyond, the South Tyrolean case that reconciles unity and diversity and that overcomes, at the same time, the traditional 'old–new' minority dichotomy.
Superdiversity and sub-national autonomous regions
Policy Press eBooks, Oct 21, 2020
Handbook on Teaching in Diversity: a practical guide, including tools and resources, on how to teach diversity, how to teach in diversity and how to manage diversity
EURAC Research, 2018
Das Haus der gemeinsamen Werte
Eurac Research, Jun 15, 2020
Politiche migratorie e autonomie territoriali: nuove minoranze, identit?? e cittadinanza in Alto Adige e Catalogna = Migrationspolitik und territoriale Autonomie: neue Minderheiten, Identit??t und Staatsb??rgerschaft in S??dtirol und Katalonien
Eurac Research, 2013
Senior Researcher presso l'Istituto sui Diritti delle Minoranze dell'Accademia Europea di Bolzano... more Senior Researcher presso l'Istituto sui Diritti delle Minoranze dell'Accademia Europea di Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC). È giurista internazionalista specializzata nella protezione dei diritti umani e delle minoranze. Dopo aver conseguito la laurea in giurisprudenza ed ottenuto il Master (LL.M.) in International Human Rights Law presso l'Università di Essex (UK), ha conseguito il titolo di dottore di ricerca (PhD) presso la Facoltà di giurisprudenza dell'Università di Graz (AT). Ha lavorato presso diverse organizzazioni internazionali: in Bosnia, per l'Alto Commissariato per i Rifugiati delle Nazioni Unite (ACNUR), in Albania, per l'Organizzazione per la Sicurezza e la Cooperazione in Europa (OSCE), a Ginevra, per il Centro per i Diritti Umani delle Nazioni Unite, a Strasburgo, per la Corte Europea dei Diritti dell'Uomo (CEDU). Attualmente, presso l'Accademia Europea si occupa della protezione delle minoranze in campo internazionale, in particolare delle nuove minoranze originate dall'immigrazione, ed in questo ambito ha pubblicato molteplici contributi scientifici su riviste e volumi nazionali ed esteri. La sua ultima monografia è "Nuove Minoranze. Immigrazione tra diversità culturale e coesione sociale" (Cedam, Padova, 2010). Nel 2011 ha curato, insieme a Rainer Girardi, l'edizione del "Primo Rapporto Annuale sull'Immigrazione in Alto Adige 2010" (Eurac, 2011). Avvertenze e ringraziamenti Questa indagine è stata realizzata dall'Istituto sui Diritti delle Minoranze dell'Accademia Europea di Bolzano (EURAC) con il sostegno del Fondo Sociale Europeo e in collaborazione con l'Istituto di ricerca Synergia di Milano. Il lavoro di ricerca è stato coordinato da Roberta Medda-Windischer, ricercatrice senior dell'Istituto sui Diritti delle Minoranze (Eurac), con il sostegno di Heidi Flarer e Rainer Girardi, ricercatori Eurac. La preparazione del piano di allocazione delle interviste è stata realizzata da Francesco Grandi dell'Istituto di ricerca Synergia, con la supervisione di Emilio Gregori, Direttore Operativo di Synergia. Il reperimento degli intervistatori è opera di Rainer Girardi. L'elaborazione del questionario, la preparazione della rilevazione e della fase di field è stata coordinata da Heidi Flarer e da Rainer Girardi. La somministrazione del questionario è avvenuta grazie ad un'équipe di infaticabili intervistatori:
The game ???The House of Common Values???
Eurac Research, Jun 15, 2020
Annex 2: National Agreement on Immigration: An Agreement to Live Together
Migration and Autonomous Territories, 2015
The categories emanating from international human rights law defining the belonging of peoples to... more The categories emanating from international human rights law defining the belonging of peoples to different types of minorities invites for a re-assessment. These different minority categories such as indigenous peoples, national (historical) minorities and migrants tend to fix people to different types or levels of specific protection. The justifications for different treatment are, however, not born in a vacuum or value-free, and they rarely fit seamlessly with real life cases of needs of minorities. Thus, in this article I shall discuss the legitimacy and consequences of the current typology, which divides minorities into different categories. This categorization has direct consequences for the rights people can claim vis-à-vis their governments and the international community. To illustrate the key concerns with the contemporary categorization of minorities, this article presents the case of Roma and their current struggles to fit their claims and needs into the existing minority rights framework.*
Language Problems and Language Planning
While conflicts involving language are always intertwined with other issues such as ethnic and ra... more While conflicts involving language are always intertwined with other issues such as ethnic and racial identity, religion, and democratic participation, the importance of the linguistic dimension is often underestimated, along with the difficulties of achieving effective, just and sustainable solutions through language legislation and policy. Language policies have political and social consequences; they can reinforce or diffuse conflicts and social unrest between language groups, they can accelerate language loss or facilitate language revitalization, and they can be instruments of inclusion or exclusion affecting the stability and security of the society. Against this background, this Special Issue aims to shed light on how language diversity impacts conflict and security. In particular, the SI will look at how issues revolving around language diversity interplay with security concerns and which dynamics trigger processes of securitization of language issues. How to balance languag...
European Civic Integration and Common Values: The Experience of a Board Game
Peace Human Rights Governance, 2021
Traditional instruments and new challenges: the squaring of the circle?
European Academy of Religion - 2019 Annual Conference, 2019
Introduction
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2015
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