Dr Ben Saul was part of the successful bid for the largest European Commission grant ever for the University of Sydney.

The 40-month grant, valued at Euro 1.498 million (approximately AU$2.5 million), is to develop a networked Asia-Pacific Master's program in Human Rights and Democratisation, to be delivered by the Faculty of Arts.

The grant involves four partner universities in Asia:

• Kathmandu School of Law
• University of Colombo
• Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia
• Mahidol University in Thailand

The project will start officially on January 1, 2009.

For further detals -  New human rights degree launched