Human Rights & Social Justice

A still from Alfonso Cuarón's film, Roma, featuring two of the characters laying on a slab of concrete.

Set in Mexico City, Alfonso Cuarón's Roma raises important questions about class, race and the aspirations of a developing nation. Discover a catalogue of other films that have showcased life in the capital.

A group of Central American migrants walking along a train track.

UArizona researchers explore how new policies for asylum seekers are straining relations between the United States and Mexico.

Migrants building shelters made of trash in a canal near the border line between the U.S. and Mexico.

Researchers on both sides of the border are committed to conducting data-based social science research to safeguard human rights and human security. A new binational Consortium could help.

A doctor applying a bandage to a young girl’s arm.

A range of projects and initiatives bring healthcare offerings to communities that traditionally lack options. For many Mexican citizens living in Arizona, it's proving to be lifesaving.

Migrants crossing the Suchiate River on the Mexico-Guatemala border

On the heels of 2019's supplementary agreement that ended in the asylum crisis being outsourced to Mexico, hearings were pushed back due to coronavirus. UA researchers weigh in on the ramifications.

A view of three men walking near the border fence.

A research team at the University of Arizona is using a novel way to investigate the driving forces behind Central America emigration through Mexico and into the United States: natural language processing and machine learning.