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THE AI ACT AND CHATGPT: IS IT EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING HATE SPEECH?

Author: Maura Madeddu

Since its foundation, in 1957, the European Union (EU) has been characterized, among other things, by its capability to react to issues and problems by offering well-developed legal contributions that set the standards also for other countries and...

ASSESSING THE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF ROMA PEOPLE IN ITALY

Author: Maura Madeddu

After their arrival in Italy in 1422, Roma people slowly started to integrate into Italian society, a long-standing process that was dotted with discriminatory policies. However, the migration of Roma did not stop centuries ago: instead, many of them...

ASSESSING THE EMPLOYMENT OF ROMA IN ITALY

Author: Maura Madeddu

The first Roma arrived in Italy in the XV century, and according to the available chronicles from that era, their main occupations were slightly different depending on the area in which they were settling. More specifically, Roma communities living...

DISCOVERING ROMA CHILDREN’S LIVES IN ITALIAN SCHOOLS (PART 2)

Author: Maura Madeddu

Notwithstanding some obvious differences among normal classes and Lacio Drom classes, teachers and students engaged in an activity that is actually quite common across schools all over the world: school journals. For this purpose, teachers would...

ASSESSING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR ROMA CHILDREN IN ITALY

Author: Maura Madeddu

Nowadays, the most evident discriminatory policy Roma people are dealing with in Italy is definitely related to their housing conditions, which have been described in a previous article. The relegation of Roma communities in terms of accommodation...

ASSESSING THE HEALTH CONDITIONS OF ROMA COMMUNITIES IN ITALY

Author: Maura Madeddu

Roma who came to Italy throughout the centuries had enough time to integrate in Italian society, although with many difficulties and challenges due to historical developments that put these communities at the very margins of society. Conversely,...

ASSESSING THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF ROMA COMMUNITIES IN ITALY

Author: Maura Madeddu

Since 1945, Italy has been a parliamentary republic which actively participated in creating and establishing the current system of protection for human rights. Italy’s major engagement in this process can be explained mainly by its willingness to...

DISCOVERING ROMA CHILDREN’S LIVES IN ITALIAN SCHOOLS (PART 1)

Author: Maura Madeddu

Between the late 1950s and the early 1980s, Italy implemented a program of differentiated education for Roma pupils, who were assigned to special classes, called Lacio Drom, to help them integrate in Italian society in a smoother and faster way. As...

IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN CROATIA: PROGRESSES AND CURRENT ISSUES

Author: Maura Madeddu

Indeed, between 1959 and 1960 multiple anti-semitic incidents took place in several world countries, so much so that many historians and scholars today describe this mass phenomenon as the “Swastika epidemic”. According to historical...

LACIO DROM CLASSES IN ITALY: WHEN DID THEY FAIL, AND WHY?

Author: Maura Madeddu

The Lacio Drom project seemed to be quite promising, especially because its presence could have helped in accelerating and easing the process of integration of Roma children (and their families) into the bigger communities in which they were living....