This dissertation aims to analyze the relations between Brazil and the Middle East under the perspective of the traditional principles guiding Brazilian foreign policy, particularly the promotion of human rights. In order to achieve this goal, Brazil s principled foreign policy is discussed, along with the construction of the country s international identity. Next, we analyze Brazil s commitment to the international human rights regime and the inclusion of the language of human rights within Brazilian diplomatic discourse. An overview of Brazil s relations with Middle Eastern Countries is then conducted, with particular attention to its coherence with Brazilian principled discourse. Finally, Brazil s ambivalent foreign policy, when comes to human rights promotion towards the Middle East, is examined in the context of Brazil s dynamic relations with the Arab world during the governments of Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff. In this regard, special consideration is given to the image that Brazil has been struggling to promote, that is, one of a responsible international stakeholder with aspirations to regional and global leadership.