The Straniak Academy for Democracy and Human Rights was established in 2013 by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights - Research association (BIM) in Vienna in cooperation with the Faculties of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Vienna and the Faculties of Law and Political Science of the University in Montenegro. The name of the Straniak Academy refers to the Hermann and Marianne Straniak Foundation, Sarnen/Switzerland, being the main facilitator of the Academy.