Symposium 2009: Delegate Biographical Information

Alphabetical by Country Name (in English)

ALBANIA
Rasim Hasanaj, Chairman, State Committee on Cults of the Republic of Albania
Brikena Kasmi, Head, Legal Drafting Sector, General Department of Codification, Ministry of Justice

ARGENTINA
Andrea De Vita, Directora General del Registro Nacional de Cultos, Secretaría de Culto
Juan Laureano Fabian Landaburu, Su bsecretario de Culto, Cancilleria Argentina

AUSTRALIA
Paul Babie, Doctor, University of Adelaide Law School, Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion (RUSSLR)
Neville Rochow, Barrister and Research Associate, Research Unit for the Study of Society, L aw and Religion (RUSSLR)

BELGIUM
Marie-Claire Simone France Ghislaine Foblets, Professor, Catholic University Leuven

BRAZIL
Luiz Alberto Barbosa, Reverend, National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil
Andre Franco Montoro Filho, Pre sident, ETCO-Brazilian Institute of Competitive Ethics

CAMBODIA
GNUON Thuon, Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia, Ministry of Cults and Religions
MIN Khin, Minister, Ministry of Cults and Religions
UN Dary, Director General for Religious Affairs, Ministry of Cults and Religions

CANADA
John Young, Professor, University of Northern British Columbia

CHILE
Ana María Celis Brunet, Professor of Law, Pontoficia Universidad Católica de Chile
Carmen Aida Dominguez Hidalgo, Directora Centro UC Familia/Profesora Derecho Civil, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

CHINA
Peng LIU, Director, Pu Shi Institute for Social Science  

COLOMBIA
Rafael Pardo Rueda, Presidential Candidate, Liberal Party

CZECH REPUBLIC
Daniel Kumermann, Consul General for the Czech Republic, Consulate of the Czech Republic to the United States

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Nelson De Jesus Arroyo Perdomo, Diputado de la República por la Provicia San Pedro de Macoris, PRD, Cámara de Diputados de la Republica Dominicana
Carlos Peña, Congressman, National Congress of the Dominican Republic

EGYPT
Tayseir Mandour, Professor of Medicine, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs

EL SALVADOR
Alfonso Pineda Claude, Attorney at Law, Pineda Claude and Associates

GERMANY
Mathias Rohe, Professor/Doctor, University Erlangen-Nuremberg

GHANA
Nii Josiah-Aryeh, Doctor, University of Ghana Faculty of Law
Kofi Quashigah, Dean of Law, University of Ghana

GUATEMALA
Oswaldo Enríquez Contreras, Assistant to the Attorney General
Socorro Quezada Fernández, Assistant to the Attorney General for Human Rights
Sergio Morales, Doctor, Procuraduria Derechos Humanos de Guatemala
Hugo Leonel Ruano Chacon, Sociologist, Universidad Panamericana

GUYANA
Juan A. Edghill, Bishop/Chairman, Ethnic Relations Commission

INDIA
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi, Former Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court of India

INDONESIA
Edison Oktoberlin Pasaribu, Director of Christian Affairs, Ministry of Religious Affairs

IRAQ
Abdullah Hermiz JaJo Al-naufali, President, Iraqi Christian and Non-Muslim Endowment

IRELAND
Anastasia Crickley, Chairperson, European Union Fundamental Rights Agency; Head of the Department of Applied Sciences, National University of Ireland

JAPAN
Hajime TAJIKA, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Okayama University

JORDAN
Faisal Madallah Hijazin, Attorney at Law
Father Butros Michel Janho, Greek Orthodox Church

KAZAKHSTAN
Aidar Parkulovich Abuov, Director, International Centre of Cultures and Religions, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Irina Borisovna Tsepkova, Associate Professor of Politology, Kazakh Academy of Transport and Communications of M.Tynyshpaev; Kazakh National Medical University

LAOS
LANGSY Phouangkeo, Director General, International Relations of Mass Organizations Department, the Committee for External Relations of the Party Central Committee
PHONETHASINE Bounthavy, Deputy Director, Buddhist Division, Department of Religious Affairs, the Lao Front for National Construction

MEXICO
Alberto Patiño Reyes, Doctor en Derecho Eclesiástico del Estado
Paulo Tort Ortega, Director General De Asociaciones Religiosas, Secretaria de Gobernacion
Javier Corral Jurado, Diputado, Congreso de la Unión de México

MONGOLIA
Dorjdamba Zumberellkham, Director, Civil Services Commission

NEPAL
Prakash Man Singh, Constituent Assembly/Parliament Member, Nepali Congress Party/Constituent Party
Kanak Bikram Thapa, Former Dean, Faculty of Law, Tribhuvan University

NORWAY
Tore Lindholm, Associate Professor, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights; Academic Advisory Board, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University

PARAGUAY
Hugo Britez Ibarra, Political Analist, Vice Ministerio de Culto

RUSSIA
Anatoly A. Krasikov, Professor/Director, Euro-Asia Chapter, International Religious Liberty Association
Roman Nikolaevich Lunkin, Director, Institute for Religion and Law, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

SENEGAL
Fatou Kiné Camara, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar

SOUTH AFRICA
Pius Nkonzo Langa, Chief Justice, South Africa Constitutional Court

SPAIN
Joseph María Felip i Sardá, Professor, Universidad de Alicante; Director General, Ministry of Immigration of Comunidad Valenciana
Elisa María Nuñez Sanchez, Professor, Universidad de Alicante; Assistant Managing Director, Ministry of Immigration of Comunidad Valenciana

SWEDEN
Lars Friedner, General Secretary, Church of Sweden

SWITZERLAND
John Taylor, Doctor, International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF)

THAILAND
Voravat Amornvivat, Police Colonel, Superintendent of the Bangkok Immigration

UGANDA
Musa Francis Ecweru, Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Government of Uganda
James Mukasa Sebugenyi, Partner, Sebalu and Lule Advocates and Legal Consultants

UKRAINE
Gennadiy Druzenko, Legal Counselor, Parliament’s Committee of European Integration; Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Valerii Klymov, Head Specialist, Religious Studies Department, Institute of Philosophy, Ukraine Academy of Science

UNITED STATES
Gary B. Doxey, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
W. Cole Durham, Jr., Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law and Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
Scott E. Isaacson, Executive Director for Latin America, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
David M. Kirkham, Senior Fellow for Comparative Law and International Policy, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
Brett G. Scharffs, Professor of Law, Associate Director, J. Reuben Clark Law School, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
Elizabeth A. Sewell, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
Robert T. Smith, Managing Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
H. Knox Thames, Acting Executive Director/Director of Policy and Research, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
J. Clifford Wallace, Chief Judge Emeritus, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Michael K. Young, President, University of Utah

VENEZUELA
Gonzalo Gonzalez Vizcaya, Agente Alterno Para Los Derechos Humanos Ante El Sistema Interamericano E Internacional, Ministerio Del Poder Poular Para Las Relaciones Exteriores
Kurt Nagel von Jess, Professor, University Rael Urdaneta  

VIET NAM
Bui Thanh Ha, Expert in Religious Studies, Ministry of Public Security
Nguyen Thi Que, Director General, Government Committee for Religious Affairs
Dang Tai Tinh, General Director, Department of International Cooperation, Government Committee for Religious Affairs

ZAMBIA
Ibrahim Ismail Malik, Chairman of the National Handicap and Vocational Government Services Program