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.
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.
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.
It has been an eventful and productive year since the Project’s inaugural CLE event in May 2023. We’re delighted to share with you just a glimpse of the work we’ve done.
Raiyan Shaik, Spring 2024 Barbara Harlow intern, explores the importance of cultural resistance in Palestine, drawing on insights from Barbara Harlow's concept of Resistance Literature (Harlow, 1987).
We are pleased to publish Taís Penteado's paper, "Reimagining Antisubordination from the Global South: Towards a Joint Venture Theory of Legal Interpretation".
The Human Rights Clinic at Texas Law partnered with Equality Texas to support their efforts to secure justice and full equality for transgender and LGBTQIA+ people in Texas.
Manasi Chande, Fall 2023 Barbara Harlow intern, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s justification for the manufactured legal system in Guantanamo Bay which perpetuates a cycle of human rights abuses.
