The University of Texas at Austin

The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

Projects & Publications

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Texas/Mexico Border Wall Briefing Papers

University of Texas Working Group Submits Briefing Papers to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Alleging that the Texas/Mexico Border Wall Violates Human Rights

  • PRESS RELEASE (Download PDF)
  • OBSTRUCTING HUMAN RIGHTS: THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER WALL
    The Working Group on Human Rights and the Border Wall
    Submission to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
    June 2008 (Download Full Report as a PDF)
  • Obstructing Human Rights: The Texas-Mexico Border Wall: Background and Context (Download PDF)
  • Violations on the Part of the United States Government of the Right to Property and Non-Discrimination Held by Residents of the Texas Rio Grande Valley (Download PDF)
  • An Analysis of Demographic Disparities Associated with the Proposed U.S.-Mexico Border Fence in Cameron County, Texas (Download PDF)
  • The Environmental Impacts of the Border Wall Between Texas and Mexico (Download PDF)
  • Violations on the Part of the United States Government of Indigenous Rights Held by Members of the Lipan Apache, Kickapoo, and Ysleta del Sur Tigua Peoples of the Texas-Mexico Border (Download PDF)

The Papers of George Lister: "Mr. Human Rights"

The Rapoport Center proudly announces the launch of The Papers of George Lister: "Mr. Human Rights." This Web site features selections from George Lister's archives and videotaped interviews with friends and colleagues.

''Unfulfilled Promises and Persistent Obstacles to the Realization of the Rights of Afro-Colombians'' (pdf opens in a new window)

''Promesas Incumplidas y Obstáculos Persistentes para la Realización de los Derechos de los Afrocolmbianos.'' (Summarized Spanish translation of our Colombia report)
''Working Borders: Linking Debates About Insourcing and of Capital and Labor'' (pdf opens in a new window)
Rapoport Center Annual Review 2005-2006 (pdf opens in a new window)

 

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Human Rights Collections at the University of Texas at Austin