Il virus non è democratico: l’impatto asimmetrico della pandemia sulle minoranze nazionali e nuove sfide per la tutela dei loro diritti

The paper reflects on the short- and long-term consequences of the pandemic on the rights of minorities and on the very understanding of minorities revealed by the sanitary crisis. It identifies three different levels of impact on minority issues: indirect discrimination, direct discrimination and the (mostly involuntary) increase of territorial conflicts. As the virus has been for the most part an accelerator of ongoing processes, the final part looks at such processes and contends that a paradigm shift is needed in approaching diversity issues in contemporary, post-pandemic societies