Welcome to the Rapoport Center

The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice serves as a focal point for critical, interdisciplinary analysis and practice of human rights and social justice. We invite you to explore this site to learn more about our work at the intersection of academics and advocacy.

Upcoming Events

October 19, 2017
3rd Annual Sissy Farenthold Endowed Lecture
Speaker:
- Ai-jen Poo National Domestic Workers Alliance, Caring Across Generations Campaign
The Rapoport Center and the Rothko Chapel are pleased to announce that labor organizer and activist Ai-jen Poo will headline the third Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights.
October 27–28, 2017
Barbara Harlow: The Sequel

Latest News

June 6, 2017

Meet our summer team!

Three graduate students and two undergraduate students are working with us this summer.

May 31, 2017

UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination concerned about impact of expanded border wall on indigenous peoples

Thanks in part to a complaint issued by the Human Rights Clinic, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has expressed concern over President Trump's Executive Order.

April 27, 2017

Border Wall Symposium bridges understanding of border wall impacts in past decade

For the past decade, a wall of wire and fencing has stood between two neighboring cultures — a physical divide between U.S. Latinos and their heritage.

Source: The Daily Texan

April 26, 2017

Commentary: Legalized Slavery in the United States Implemented Through the “Justice” System

The prison system in the United States equates to a modern-day slavery due to its targeting of racial and ethnic minorities. There are 2.2 million people in the nation’s prisons and jails, which am...

April 24, 2017

Human Rights Clinic releases report on human rights violations on Texas’ death row

The Clinic researched the capital punishment system in Texas, detailing the chronic overuse of solitary confinement on Texas’ death rows.

Source: Human Rights Clinic

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