Gezi Park demonstrations, Istanbul, 2013.

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

April 24, 2019
“Islamic Democracy” Arrested? Resistance to Authoritarian Transition in Turkey
Speaker:
- Halil Ibrahim Yenigün Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Stanford University
Join us for our Inaugural Scholars at Risk Lecture, followed by a reception at Texas Law.
April 25, 2019
Human Rights & Popular Resistance in Turkey: An Informal Talk with Dr. Halil Yenigün

Come join Dr. Halil Yenigün for an informal talk about human rights, popular resistance movements and democracy in Turkey. Coffee and baklava will be served!

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Latest News

April 8, 2019

“Me declaro culpable”

Rapoport Center co-director Dan Brinks on how the federal government’s mass trials of migrants don’t look like due process to observers.

Source: Medium

April 4, 2019

Guneez Ibrahim Discusses Diversity, Leadership at Saturday’s TEDxUTAustin

"Diversity is often used as a checkmark, a quota." Rapoport Center Undergraduate Intern, Guneez Ibrahim, speaks at the second annual TEDxUTAustin Conference on April 6, 2019.

Source: The Austin Chronicle

February 14, 2019

UT hosts screening of award-winning documentary, discussion with defense lawyer

UT treated attendees to popcorn, a special screening of the award-winning film “War Don Don,” and a discussion with a human rights lawyer on Wednesday.

Source: The Daily Texan

November 13, 2018

2018 Audre Rapoport Prize for Scholarship on Gender and Human Rights Winning Paper Published!

We are pleased to publish Dr. Katherine Fallah's Paper, "Re Georgio: An Intimate Account of Transgender Interactions with Law and Society", winner of the 2018 Audre Rapoport Prize

October 24, 2018

Call for Papers: Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice Working Paper Series

The Rapoport Center Working Paper Series is currently accepting papers! Authors from all disciplines and institutions are welcome to submit papers on any topic related to human rights.

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