The Straniak Academy for Democracy and Human Rights is a two weeks summer school, which is organised by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights which based in Vienna, since 2013. The aim of the Academy is to promote academic education in the fields of democracy, human rights and the rule of law by connecting the main theoretical concepts with practical experience of experts through an interdisciplinary and interactive format. This year, the Academy will take place from 2 to 15 September 2018 in Saranda, Albania. The Academy is open to students and new graduates with different academic backgrounds (law, political science, sociology, international development and other) coming from Austria and the Western Balkan region (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia), as well as Slovenia, who are specially interested and eager to acquire additional knowledge and excellence in the above mentioned fields. Interested candidates from other countries and regions are also welcome to apply.