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This article examines the transformation process of Spanish universities in the prevention and action against sexual harassment, drawing on the lessons learned from the #MeToo University Movement. Three pivotal aspects are explored: Spain's pioneering contributions, particularly in co-creation and global impact; the successful inclusion of groundbreaking concepts into legislation and ethical codes; and the societal impact towards ending sexual harassment. Despite the significant social progress, Spain faces criticism from those unwilling to break the silence around harassment, underscoring the ongoing need for change in academia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper compares the official status of former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's constitutive nations in its former republics, with an emphasis on Slovenia and the Slovenians. The first part of the article focuses on legal aspects - do these nations qualify for the status of national minority in the above mentioned countries, on which level and which special collective rights are they granted; whereas the second part examines the existing implementation of minorities' rights, including teaching native languages, coverage of minorities-related topics in the media and financing their cultural activities. Slovenia has not recognised any minority status to these communities, but has entitled them with quite some rights in practice. For instance, it is the only country that cofinances free classes of native languages, in addition to including them as subjects in school programmes. Moreover, these national communities in Slovenia enjoy special media programmes, and cofinancing of the activities of their cultural associations. Slovenians are recognised as a minority in Croatia on the constitutional level and on the legislative level in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. By contrast, Slovenian communities in North Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo are not acknowledged. Whereas Croatia and Serbia allocate some funds for cultural activities, Croatia is the only of these countries where the Slovenian language is also taught in schools. The author concludes that there is no interdependence between official minority status and actual rights entrusted by these countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Domestic service has become a subject of many legislative interventions, nevertheless domestic work still remains elusive from state policy. At first, domestic workers have been frequently singled out from enjoying rights and protective legislation. However, even if domestic workers were given formal recognition of rights, regulations generally arrived later than for many other workers and didn't influence on real empowerment of domestic workers. This durable question of their "problematic position" regarding rights and entitlements can be found in "sectoral disadvantage" which is the direct consequence of the past historical categorization, where legal situation of domestic workers is rooted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through a in-depth examination of the Venetian legislation between the 1410s and the 1540s, this paper aims to highlight the relations which bounded the banishment penalty to the conflict and jurisdictional dimension that animated the Mainland domain in the Italian peninsula. In this way, the several stages which marked the confrontation between two different juridical mentalities will be drawn, while the impact of this process' outcome within the lagoon conflict-system will be shown by analysing some cases which happened in the early XVIth century Venice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article derives from the experiences and dynamics of intercultural research work on the international project Children's Voices: Exploring Interethnic Violence and Children's Rights in the School Environment, led by the Science and Research Centre of the University of Primorska in 2011 and 2012. The project addressed various topics related to ethnicity and interethnic relations; however, the main issue addressed in the project was interethnic violence in the school environment. Motivated by several issues revealed during the empirical research process in five participating countries, we will expose some challenges in researching interethnic relations from an intercultural perspective. In so doing, we will focus on two dimensions defined as 'conceptual' and 'political'. The analysis of challenges in researching interethnic relations from an intercultural perspective is mainly based on a comparison of the five countries involved in the project (Slovenia, Austria, UK, Italy and Cyprus). Il presente articolo nasce dall'analisi delle esperienze e delle dinamiche di natura interculturale riscontrate nella ricerca realizzata nell'ambito del progetto internazionale Children's Voices: Exploring Interethnic Violence and Children's Rights in School Environment, coordinato dal Centro di ricerche scientifiche dell'Università del Litorale tra il 2011 e il 2012. Il progetto ha analizzato diversi aspetti relativi alle relazioni interetniche, con lo scopo principale di affrontare tale argomento in ambito scolastico. Nella fase empirica della ricerca, svoltasi in cinque diversi paesi, sono emersi i vari elementi alla base di quest'articolo che espone alcune sfide future per la ricerca nel campo delle relazioni interetniche in un' ottica interculturale. L'attenzione verte su due dimensioni che sono state definite "concettuale" e"politica"; l'analisi presentata in questa sede si basa sulla comparazione tra i cinque paesi coinvolti nel progetto (Slovenia, Austria, Inghilterra, Italia e Cipro). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]