Property Rights and the Human Rights Agenda
March 1-2, 2012
We are pleased to invite you to register for our eighth annual conference, entitled "Property Rights and the Human Rights Agenda," to be held at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law on March 1-2, 2012. This multidisciplinary and comparative conference will explore the ambivalent relationship between human rights and property and the extent to which the right to property might advance a human rights agenda. The conference will open Thursday afternoon, March 1, with a keynote panel including Carol Rose (Yale Law School), David Kennedy (Harvard Law School), and Samuel Moyn (Columbia University Department of History), and will be followed by a day of panels on Friday that feature an impressive array of scholars from Africa, Latin America, and South Asia who will provide comparative perspectives on such topics as changing conceptions of property, the role of property rights in dispossession and redistribution, and the implications of private titling. Learn more.
News
Preserving human rights
The University of Texas at Austin
January 30, 2012
From the Rwandan genocide to the Guatemalan police, UT's libraries are digitally securing fragile records for research, advocacy around the world.
Top 10 Theatrical Wonders of 2011
The Austin Chronicle
January 6, 2012
Congratulations to Black Watch, which the Austin Chronicle has selected it as its top theater piece for 2011! The play anchored the Rapoport Center's 2011 annual conference, "Aftershocks: Legacies of Conflict."
University of Texas and Guatemalan Police Archive celebrate collaboration in Guatemala
UTLAW
December 16, 2011
On December 9, 2011, the University of Texas and the Historical Archive of the National Police of Guatemala announced in Guatemala City, Guatemala, the joint collaboration that has made the Archive globally accessible via the Internet.
Digital archive of Guatemala's police force launched at conference
The Daily Texan
December 5, 2011
A digital archive featuring millions of images and documents from the National Police of Guatemala could help people searching for family and friends who have disappeared, said Karen Engle, law professor and co-director and founder of the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice.
Human Rights Clinic releases Abra Pampa report
Human Rights Clinic
November 29, 2011
Latest mining clean-up in Argentina follows pattern of human rights violations documented by Human Rights Clinic.
Professor argues for archiving genocide
The Daily Texan
November 1, 2011
It is a nation's duty to record the truth through archives and to overcome the challenges of assembling those archives, said John Ciorciari, assistant professor of public policy at the University of Michigan.
2011-2012 Human Rights Scholars Announced
Rapoport Center Press Release
October 12, 2011
Three UT law students and one UT history student have been selected as Rapoport Center Human Rights Scholars.
Upcoming Events
February 20, 2012
Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series
Jorge Contesse
"Inter-American Constitutionalism: The Creation and Internalization of Human Rights"
Location: TNH 3.142
Time: 3:30-5:30pm
Co-sponsored by the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
March 1-2, 2012
Annual Conference
Property Rights and the Human Rights Agenda
This multidisciplinary and comparative conference will explore the ambivalent relationship between human rights and property and the extent to which the right to property might advance a human rights agenda. Conference panels will consider such topics as changing conceptions of property, the role of property rights in dispossession and redistribution, and the implications of private titling.
March 29, 2012
Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series
Rick Battistoni
Location: TBD
Time: 3:30-5:30pm
April 16, 2012
Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series
Benjamin Gregg
Location: TBD
Time: 3:30-5:30pm
