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. Our goal is to promote the economic and political enfranchisement of marginalized individuals and groups both locally and globally. We invite you to explore this site to learn more about our work at the intersection of academics and advocacy.

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November 1, 2024

New Human Rights Commentary — “Can the United States Torture Today?”

Summer 2024 Barbara Harlow Intern, Charles Ozuna, analyzes legal justifications for torture in the U.S., drawing on personal stories to illustrate Barbara Harlow’s argument about the toll of torture.

October 24, 2024

Center co-hosts expert convening on xenophobia in the US-Mexico borderlands

UN experts visited Austin to conduct consultations for the UN Committees’ forthcoming joint recommendation on addressing and eradicating xenophobia and its impact on the rights of migrants.

October 1, 2024

Leah Tharakan is our 2024 Sissy Farenthold Trailblazers for Justice Undergraduate Writing Prize Winner!

We are pleased to publish Leah Tharakan's paper, "Empowering Voices: Education and Reproductive Justice in New Delhi’s GB Road."

September 24, 2024

Sissy Farenthold Reproductive Justice Defense Project Collaborates on New Report

In the year after Dobbs, there were at least 210 prosecutions related to pregnancy, pregnancy loss, or birth nationwide – the highest number of criminal cases documented in a single year.

September 1, 2024

2023-24 Annual Review Now Available

Check out our latest Annual Review, which highlights our Disarming Toxic Empire conference, the Farenthold lecture delivered by Kathryn Bond Stockton, and programming on literature and global justice.

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