International Center for Law and Religion Studies
J. Reuben Clark Law School – Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah, USA
JRCB Room 303
Moderator:
Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; Program Chair, International Law and Religion Symposium; United States
Welcomes:
C. Shane Reese, President, Brigham Young University, United States
David H. Moore, Dean, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
Keynote Speakers:
Ambassador Ismat Jahan, Ambassador, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Belgium | Bangladesh
Elder Alexander Dushku, General Authority Seventy; General Counsel, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Rev. Dr. Que English, Director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department and Health and Human Services
Fritz B. Burns Memorial Lounge,
J. Reuben Clark Law Building Second Floor
– Understanding Religious Freedom: Why Does it Matter?
JCRB 303
Moderator:
Amy Andrus, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religious Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States
Panelists:
Nicholas Aroney, Professor of Constitutional Law, The University of Queensland, Australia
Alwi Shihab, Senior Fellow, Leimena Institute; Special Envoy of the Indonesian President to the Middle East and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Jaclyn Neo, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
Hamilton Knox Thames, Senior Fellow, Pepperdine University; Director, Program on Global Faith and Inclusive Societies, Pepperdine University; Senior Visiting Expert, U.S. Institute of Peace, United States
Katrina Lantos Swett, President, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, United States
Room 303
Moderator:
Paul Kerry, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
Panelists:
Safi Kaskas, President, The International Qur’an Research Association, United States
Samy Ayoub, Associate Professor of Law, University of Texas, United States
Room 306
Moderator:
Fábio Nascimento, Attorney, Brazil
Panelists:
Aloísio Cristovam dos Santos Júnior, Juiz Titular de Vara do Trabalho (TRT da 5ª Região) e Pesquisador, Brasil
Silvia Godoy, Assistant to the Attorney General, Procuraduria General de la Republica de Honduras
Víctor A. Pino Fuentes, Deputy, Cámara de Diputados y Diputadas de Chile
Rubén Revello, Director del Instituto de Bioética, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
Room 314
Moderator:
Hannah Clayson Smith, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
Panelists:
Duy Tan Nguyen, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh Home Affairs, People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Năng Khiếu Nguyễn, Deputy General Director, Americas Department, Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations
Yen Tran Thi, Principal Official, The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations
Room 205
Moderator:
Quinn Mecham, Associate Professor of Political Science; Coordinator for Middle East Studies, Brigham Young University, United States
Panelists:
Ramin Mammadov, Chairman, State Committee on Affairs with Religious Associations of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Seppe Wiet H Verheyen, Advisor, Abrahamic Family House Centre, United Arab Emirates
Room 206
Moderator:
David Stanford, Area Legal Counsel, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Panelists:
Abubakr Siddeeq Muhammad , Deputy Secretary General, Supreme Council for Sharia
Wilfred Dimingu, General Secretary, Zimbabwe Council of Churches
Room 208
Moderator:
Hon. Susan Purdon-Sully, Judge, Supreme and National Court of Papua New Guinea
Speakers:
Hon. David Ashton-Lewis , Supreme Court Judge of the Republic of Fiji
Hon. David Campbell, Senior Judge, United States District Court, District of Arizona; Chair, U.S. Federal Judiciary Committee on International Judicial Relations
Hon. Maria Filomena Singh, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines
– Religion: A Catalyst of Peace?
Room 303
Moderator:
Hannah Clayson Smith, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States
Speakers:
Abdulla Al Shehhi, Acting Operations Executive Director, Abrahamic Family House Centre, United Arab Emirates
Gisele Ndaya Luseba, National Solidarity and Humanitarian Disaster Management Fund Program; Former Minister of Gender, Family, Children, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Most Rev. Dr. Peter Machado, Archbishop of Bangalore, Karanataka, India
Bishop Victor Brown, Senior Pastor, Mount Sinai United Christian Church, United States
Phan Anh Son, President, Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations
Room 303
Moderator:
Cory Leonard, Assistant Director, David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University, United States
Speakers:
Matius Ho, Executive Director, Leimena Institute, Indonesia
David M. Kirkham, Executive Director, The Geneva Office for Human Rights Education
Imam Ibrahim Alhassan, Director, Youth and Gender Advocacy, Office of the National Chief Imam, Ghana
Room 306
Moderator:
Scott Isaacson, Senior Fellow and Regional Advisor for Latin America, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University, United States
Speakers:
Paulina Corominas Etchegaray, Jefa de la Sección de Relaciones con Sociedad Civil de la Organización de los Estados Americanos, mexicana radicada en Washington, DC.
Otilia Coti, Asesora del Programa Emblemático de la Mujer Indígena del Fondo Indígena de América Latina y el Caribe. FILAC., Guatemala
Room 314
Moderator:
Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
Speakers:
Sikumbang Harniati, Director of Human Rights Cooperation, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Indonesia
Syamsul Arifin, Professor, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia
Room 205
Moderator:
W. Cole Durham, Jr., Founding Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; President, G20 Interfaith Forum Association, United States
Speakers:
Mukhammadolim Mukhammadsidikov, Rector, Al-Bukhari Tashkent Islamic Institute, Uzbekistan
Shovosil Ziyodov, Director, Imam Bukhari International Scientific Research Center, Uzbekistan
Oleg Goncharov, Director of the Public Relations Department, Euro-Asian Division of the General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Christian Church, Russian Federation
Room 206
Moderator:
Peter Leman, Associate Professor, English Department, Brigham Young University, United States
Speakers:
Hazel Maureen Danetta Dixon, Regional Desk Officer, African Union Commission
Angelino Kandiyelo Segunda, Director Geral Adjunto, Instituto Nacional Para Os Assuntos Religiosos – Ministério da Cultura, Angola
Room 208
Moderator:
Hannah Clayson Smith, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
Speakers:
Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan, Professor, University of the Philippines
Pablito Baybado, Lecturer, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Persida Rueda-Acosta, Chief Public Attorney, Public Attorney’s Office, Philippines
Bishop Reuben Abante, Bishop / Senior Pastor, Lighthouse Bible Baptist Church and Ministries, Philippines
– Religious Perspectives on Religious Freedom and Peace
Room 303
Moderator:
Jonathan K. Ammons, Director, Interfaith Relations, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Panelists:
HE Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London, Founder and Director of REFCEMI Coptic Orthodox Office for Advocacy and Public Policy, United Kingdom
Battsengel Asralt, Head of International, Social and Public Relations, Gandantegchenling Monastery, The Centre of Mongolian Buddhists
Henriette Hutabarat Lebang, President, World Council of Churches, Indonesia
Alsadig Khalafalla, Member of the Board of Trustees, King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence; Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bahrain
Room 306
Moderator:
Gary Doxey, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States
Speakers:
Elena López Ruf, Researcher and Senior Consultant, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina and Universidad Austral, Argentina
José Luis Llaquet de Entrambasaguas, Associate Professor, Universidad Loyola, Spain
Hon. Jayme Weingartner Neto, Justice, Desembargador junto ao Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul; Professor da Pontifícia Universidade Católica RS, Brasil
Room 314
Moderator:
Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; Program Chair, International Law and Religion Symposium
Speakers:
Davaanyan Dovdon, Head of the Administration Department, State Registration Office, Mongolia
Demberel Sukhbaatar, Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, National University of Mongolia
Munkhtsetseg Gan-Ochir, Board Member, Civil Rights and Development NGO, Mongolia
Bat-Erdene Baatar, Lecturer, Union Bible Theological College, Mongolia
Room 205
Moderator:
Lutforahman Saeed, Assistant Professor, Islamic Law Faculty,
Kabul University, Afghanistan; Visiting Professor, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University
Speakers:
Johannes den Heijer, Professor Emeritus, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Mohamed Elamin, Programs Director, Muslim Council of Elders, United Arab Emirates
Florin Seudin, Head of Department of Ethnic & Religious Minorities’ Affairs, The Presidency of Kurdistan Region
Room 206
Moderator:
Hannah Clayson Smith, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
Speakers:
Ahmad Jibrin Suleiman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Nigeria
Fortune Sibanda, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Eswatini
Room 208
Moderator:
Amy Andrus, Associate Director, International Center for Law and
Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States
Speakers:
Atik Ali, Vice Chairman, Advisory Board for International Human Rights, Finland
Paul Kerry, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States
Room 303
Moderator:
Tony Brown, Professor, Department of German and Russian,
Brigham Young University
Speakers:
Dmytro Vovk, Visiting Associate Professor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, United States | Ukraine
Jerry Pankhurst, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and of Russian and Central Eurasian Studies, Wittenberg University, United States
Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; Program Chair, International Law and Religion Symposium; United States
Room 306
Moderator:
Denise Lindberg, Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and
Religion Studies, Brigham Young University, United States
Speakers:
Pastor Luis Clemente Aruquipa Carlo, Presidente, Consejo Nacional Cristiano por el derecho a la Vida, la Familia y la Libertad, Bolivia
Rev. Eduardo Augusto Gómez González, Canciller de la Alianza Evangélica Latinoamericana, Colombia
Room 314
Moderator:
Hannah Clayson Smith, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
Speakers:
Purevsuren Byambakhishig, Director, Institute of Philosophy, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Bataa Mishig-Ish, Chair of Department of Religious Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Chae Young Kim, Professor, Sogang University, Republic of Korea
Choonghyun Baek, Graduate Student, Sogang University
Room 206
Moderator:
Adesina Olukanni, President, Abu Nigeria Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Speakers:
Ibrahim Mulushewa Eshete, Executive Director, Center for National and Regional Integration Studies (CeNRIS)
Getachew Woldemariam, Dean and Associate Professor, College of Law and Governance Studies, Addis Ababa University
Abiola Sanni, Professor, University of Lagos
Room 208
Moderator:
Holly Lesan, Coordinating Editor, Law and Religion: National, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; Coordinator, ICLRS Young Scholars Fellowship, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University, United States
Speakers:
Dallin Everton, JD Candidate, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States
Songfeng Li, LLM Candidate, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; Associate Professor, China University of Political Science and Law, China
Graciana Messier, JD Candidate, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States
R. McKay Moon, JD Candidate, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States
Brendan Murphy, Philosophy and English Student, Brigham Young University, United States
– Multi-Faith Engagement, Religious Freedom, and Building Peace
Room 303
Moderator:
Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States
Panelists:
Imam Mohamed Hag Magid, All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center, United States
Bob Roberts Jr., Co-Founder, Multi-Faith Neighbors Network; President, Institute for Global Engagement, United States
Ambassador Rabbi David Saperstein, Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy, Union for Reform Judaism, United States
Room 303
Moderator:
Shon Hopkin, Department Chair for Religious Education; Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University, United States
Speakers:
Fareed Ahmad, National Secretary External Affairs, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK
Patrick Fletcher, Senior Advisor for Theology and Social Doctrine, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Deina Warren, Director of Legal Affairs, Canadian Centre for Christian Charities
Room 306
Moderator:
Cynthia Juárez Lange and Dennis Lange Beltrán, Senior Fellows, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University
Speakers:
Saskia Ochoa, Coordinadora, Oficina Enlace del Poder Ejecutivo con la Comunidad Cristiana, Dominican Republic
Alberto Herrera Rodríguez, Subsecretario de la Presidencia, Justicia y Relaciones con las Cortes – Gobierno de España
Héctor Oswaldo Samayoa Sosa, Abogado; Director Ejecutivo, Comisión Presidencial por la Paz y los Derechos Humanos Copadeh, Guatemala
Amanda Marchena, Coordinadora de Asuntos Religiosos, Gobierno del Estado de Sonora, México
Room 205
Moderator:
Holly Lesan, Coordinating Editor, Law and Religion: National, International, and Comparative Perspectives; Coordinator, ICLRS Young Scholars Fellowship, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University, United States
Speakers:
Michael Gwosdz, Spokesman for Religious Policy, Green Parliamentary Group in the Hamburg Parliament, Germany
– Conference Summation and Concluding
Reflections on Conference Theme
Room 303
Reflections from Selected Delegates
Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University and Program Chair, International Law and Religion Symposium