Watch the Border Wall Hearing
Students and faculty at The University of Texas at Austin, through interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts by the Rapoport Center and the Immigration Clinic at the School of Law, were granted four public hearings before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, D.C., during October 2008. Read more...
Press Releases
- UT Delegation Investigates Human Rights of Afro-Ecuadorians
April 7, 2009
The Rapoport Center recently sponsored a human rights delegation to Ecuador to investigate the present situation of rural Afro-Ecuadorian communities and their struggle to secure rights to land tenure, property and development. - Panelists highlight human-rights issues’ future at conference
March 30, 2009
Five human rights leaders shared their experiences with University students and professors at the Texas Union’s Santa Rita Room on Sunday. - Texas-Mexico border fence will hurt poor on both sides, UT panelists say
March 29, 2009
Some indigenous groups' way of life also will be threatened, researchers fear. - Human rights conference tackles community issues
March 27, 2009
Organizers ask students to submit suggestions for fifth annual forum. - Rapoport Center announces fifth annual human rights conference, March 26–28, 2009
March 13, 2009
The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas School of Law will present its fifth annual conference, “Human Rights at UT: A Dialogue at the Intersection of Academics and Advocacy,” March 26 at Mezes Hall and March 27–28 at the Texas Union on the University of Texas campus. - Federal Agencies Have Stymied Access To Records Showing Impact of Texas-Mexico Border Wall
March 11, 2009
Public Citizen Argues That Delays and Denials Violate Freedom of Information Act
Upcoming Events
- CANCELLED: Gustavo Meono: "Memory and Impunity: Mining the Archives of the Guatemalan National Police"
April 22, 2009
Coordinator, National Police Archives of Guatemala
Click here for more information about the cancellation. - Roundtable Discussion on "Law, Locality, and International Human Rights"
April 29, 2009
A conversation with Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Laureate (2003), civil rights activist and lecturer in law, University of Tehran, moderated by Rapoport Center Director Karen Engle, with UT Professors Kamran Ali, Mounira Charrad, Barbara Harlow, Neville Hoad, and Shannon Speed. Co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.
