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 28, 2019
Occupy Citizenship: The Black Struggle against Land Loss in the Americas
Speaker:
- Keisha-Khan Y. Perry Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University
November 11, 2019
Economic Empowerment in the Global Periphery: Leaning in to Credit, Property, and Entrepreneurship
Speaker:
- Vasuki Nesiah Associate Professor of Practice, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University
November 25, 2019
Inequality, China, and Corporate Law
Speaker:
- Teemu Ruskola Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Emory University

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Latest News

October 2, 2019

Rapoport Center Faculty Publish Op Ed Opposing Space Station on Afro-descendant Lands in Brazil

As the summer’s fires in the Amazon continue to dominate the international coverage of Brazil, few have noticed another disaster that has been decades in the making.

Source: The Hill

September 3, 2019

New Working Paper — “Now is (not yet) the Winter of Our Discontent: The Unfulfilled Promise of Economic and Social Rights in the Fight Against Economic Inequality”

Caroline Lichuma argues that a human rights approach advocating economic and social rights can mitigate material inequality worldwide.

July 25, 2019

New Working Paper — “Fostering the Inclusion of Disabled Students in Higher Education in South Africa: Some Reflections”

Serges Djoyou Kamga, Spring 2019 Visiting Professor/Practitioner, examines South African policies that aim to ensure higher education access for students with disabilities.

July 16, 2019

Human Rights Archive in Imminent Peril

AHPN, a human rights archive with which the Rapoport Center and other campus partners have worked closely since 2011, is under threat due to actions of the government of Guatemala.

Source: The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), UT Austin

June 4, 2019

New Human Rights Commentary — “Marielle Franco and the Brazilian Necropolis: Assassination and After Lives”

Xavier Durham, former Barbara Harlow Intern, reflects on the assassination of Rio de Janeiro Councilor Marielle Franco through the lens of structural anti-black state violence in Brazil.

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