The Center in the News: 2009-2010
October 28, 2009: Activist discusses Congo violence, The Daily Texan
Despite peace treaties ending the Second Congo War in 2003, violence and the recruitment of child soldiers for militant groups persist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said a Congolese human rights activist Monday.
October 19, 2009: Kristine Huskey on Guantanamo, UT Law News and Events
UT law professor and Strauss fellow, Kristine A Huskey, will discuss her book--a memoir about her experiences representing Guantanamo detainees and her unconventional journey to finding her passion for human rights--and the future of Guantanamo and preventative detention.
October 19, 2009: 2009 Audre Rapoport Prize Winner: Sherief Gaber, Rapoport Center Press Release
The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice is pleased to announce Sherief Gaber, and his article, Verbal Abuse: Anti-Trafficking Rhetoric and Violence Against Women, as the 2009 winner of the 5th Annual Audre Rapoport Prize for Scholarship on the Human Rights of Women. Gaber will be awarded a $1,000 prize.
Students Matthew Dunlap, Melvin Huang, Maka Hutson, and Brandon Hunter were selected by a committee of international law faculty on the basis of their academic credentials, leadership skills, and dedication to human rights work.
HIV/AIDS: Human Rights, Archives, and Memory: The third annual World AIDS Day Conference sponsored by the Health and Human Rights Working Group of the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, in the Texas Union. This year's conference will explore aspects of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic that concern issues of public memory, human rights, documentation, and representation.
