Past Events

The training program will take place in Mandalay, Myanmar.

On February 10th, the Brigham Young University Law School’s International Center for Law and Religion Studies, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and the Technology, Law and Security Program at American University Washington College of Law co-sponsored a one-day discussion on the ODIHR new publication “Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security: Policy Guidance.” The event, held at American University in Washington, D.C.,  included members of government, academics with expertise…

Associate Director Elizabeth Clark joined a round table with a delegation from Kazakhstan, members of the US State Department, and representatives of NGOs and religious associations to discuss issues of international religious freedom.

Please join the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for a briefing on the nexus of freedom of religion or belief and security, including findings from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights’ (ODIHR) recent publication, Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security: Policy Guidance. In the OSCE region, freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is violated by some governments who use the pretext of national security to justify repression. For example, in…

Professor W. Cole Durham, Jr. teaches law and religion at NALSAR.

On February 24, 2020, the European Union Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosted a diplomatic luncheon to discuss the Punta del Este Declaration on Human Dignity for Everyone Everywhere. The event was organised under the auspices of the Mission of the Republic of Honduras to the European Union and the Mission of the Republic of Peru to the European Union.