"Human rights departments exist in numerous Russian higher education institutions, including the Moscow State Pedagogical University and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Perm State Pedagogical University and the Education Workers’ Academy for Training and Continuous Development offer courses and seminars on the theory of and methods for teaching human rights in schools, while similar courses have been held in other regions of the country. OHCHR supported the establishment of an international master’s degree in human rights in 2009 by a group of Russian universities, assisted by an inter-institutional resource centre at the People’s Friendship University of Russia".
