The course is one of few human rights courses at Stockholm University to focus on the challenges in the Middle East, Turkey and East Asia and the human rights situation in the Islamic and Confucian traditions of thought.

It will provide an introduction to human rights from a broad interdisciplinary perspective and address the emergence of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its historical predecessors. The development of human rights in the form of new declarations and conventions will also be highlighted.

The deadline for applications to the course has passed but late applications will be open from July 15.

More information can be found at www.orient.su.se