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Recent Center Events


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June 13, 2008: UT Working Group Alleges Texas/Mexico Border Wall Violates Human Rights. Read more.


Conference: April 17-18, 2008
''Image, Memory and the Paradox of Peace: Fifteen Years after the El Salvador Peace Accords''
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Watch the Video of April 18 proceedings!


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Call for Faculty Proposals: $2,000 awards available for working groups on human rights

Now accepting applications for 2008-09 Human Rights Scholars Program! Click here for application. Deadline Extended: August 15, 2008. Read more.

Undergraduate Human Rights Courses at UT now posted

Rapoport Center Announces 9 Summer Fellowships


Read the press release about the Spring Break Human Rights trip to Brazil.

Learn more about the spring 2008 El Salvador conference.

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Listen to Human Rights Happy Hour Speakers on-line!


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Recent Publications

Annual Review

The Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice Annual Review 2006-2007(pdf)

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The Human Rights and Justice Center
At the University of Texas School of Law

The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas School of Law serves as a focal point for critical discussion and policy analysis of human rights law and advocacy. Thanks to generous support from the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation, the Center connects students, practitioners and academics engaged in interdisciplinary study of human rights both locally and globally.

Mission Statement

To build a multidisciplinary community engaged in the study and practice of human rights that promotes the economic and political enfranchisement of marginalized individuals and groups both locally and globally.