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Opening Session,
Complete Session
     
Gary B. Doxey, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies
Opening Session
     
James R. Rasband, Dean, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brighma Young University
Opening Session
     
Sandra Rogers, International Vice President, Brigham Young University
Opening Session
     
Continuity,
Opening Session
     
Distinguished Service Award Part 1,
Opening Session
     
Distinguished Service Award Part 2,
Opening Session
     
Distinguished Service Award Part 3,
Opening Session
     
J. Clifford Wallace, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award for Religious Freedom
        
Anastasia Crickley, Chairperson, European Union Fundamental Rights Agency; Head of Department of Applied Sciences, National University of Ireland
Keynote Address
   
The Honourable Pius Nkonzo Langa, Chief Justice, South Africa Constitutional Court
Keynote Address
   
Closing,
Opening Session
     
First Plenary Session: "Academia",
Complete Session
   
Opening,
First Plenary Session
     
James R. Rasband, Dean, J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU
First Plenary Session
     
Cecil O. Samuelson, President, Brigham Young University
First Plenary Session
   
Continuity,
First Plenary Session
     
Marie-Claire Simone France Ghislaine Foblets, Professor of Law and Anthropology, Catholic University of Leuven and University of Antwerp and Catholic University of Brussels, Belgium; Holder of Erasmus Chair, Harvard Law School
"Religious law(s) in Court. Judges in Europe facing new challenges" (Summary)
 
Paul Babie, Associate Dean for Research, Adelaide Law School; Director of the Research Unit for the Study of Society, University of Adelaide, Australia
"Feels Like Déjà vu: Religious Freedom under a Proposed Australian Bill of Rights"
 
Neville Rochow, Barrister and Senior Counselor, Associate at the Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion, University of Adelaide, Australia
"Feels Like Déjà vu: Religious Freedom under a Proposed Australian Bill of Rights"
 
Kofi Quashigah, Dean of Law and Associate Professor, University of Ghana
"Religion and The Secular State - Ghana"
 
H. Knox Thames, Acting Executive Director and Director of Policy and Research at the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom
    
Questions & Answers,
First Plenary Session
     
Asia I: "Academia",
Complete Session
     
Introduction,
Asia I
     
Peng LIU, Director, Pu Shi Institute for Social Sciences, China; Senior Research Fellow, Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy in Social Sciences; Senior Fellow, Center for Law and Religion Studies, Emory University
      
Continuity,
Asia I
     
TAJIKA Hajime, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Okayama University, Japan
"The Role of the Judiciary and the Political Branches to Further the Work of Religious Freedom: Japan's experience"
   
Continuity,
Asia I
     
Kanak Bikram Thapa, Former Dean, Faculty of Law, Tribhuvan University; Chair of the Constitutional Law Subcommittee, Nepal
      
Continuity,
Asia I
     
Questions & Answers,
Asia I
     
Africa I: "Government and NGOs",
       
Musa Francis Ecweru, Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Government of Uganda
A Presentation on "Connecting Communities of Discourse: How the Judiciary, Academia, Government & International Institutions Further the Work of Religious Freedom"
     
Latin America I: "Academia",
       
Ana María Celis Brunet, Professor of Law, Pontoficia Universidad Católica de Chile
"El enlace de las comunidades discursivas: cómo promueven la libertad de cultos el poder judicial, el mundo académico, el gobierno y las instituciones interacionales" (Texto provisorio)
     
Carmen Aida Domínguez Hidalgo, Directoria Centro UC Familia/Profesora Derecho Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
"La acción judicial de la justicia en la promoción y defensa de la libertad religiosa en Latinoamerica: el estado de la cuestión"
     
Hugo Leonel Ruano Chacon, Sociologist, Universidad Panamericana
"Entrelazando comunidades afines: medio por el que el Poder Judicial, la Academia, el Gobierno y las Instituciones Internacionales fomentan la Libertad Religiosa, en Guatemala"
     
"Middle East",
       
Father Butros Michel Janho, Greek Orthodox Church, Jordan
"Misunderstanding Others and Understanding Others" (Notes)
     
Abdullah Hermiz Jajo Al-naufali, President, Iraqi Christian and Non-Muslim Endowment
"Christianity in the east and its close relationship with other religions (especially Islam)"
     
Faisal Madallah Hijazin, Attorney at Law, Jordan
      
Second Plenary Session: "The Judiciary",
Complete Session
   
Introduction,
Second Plenary Session
     
J. Clifford Wallace, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Second Plenary Session
     
Pius Nkonzo Langa, Chief Justice, South Africa Constitutional Court
Second Plenary Session
   
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi, Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India
Second Plenary Session
   
Closing,
Second Plenary Session
     
Asia III - "Government Institutions",
Complete Session
     
Introduction,
Asia III
     
Prakash Man Singh, Member of Constituent Assembly, for the Nepali Constitution; Member of Parliament, Nepali CongressParty, Nepal
Asia III
   
Voravat Amornvivat, Colonel Royal Thai Police; Superintendent Immigration Bureau, Bangkok, Thailand
Asia III
     
Dorjdamba Zumberellkham, Director Civil Services Commission, Mongolia
Asia III
   
Edison Oktoberlin Pasaribu, Director of Christian Affairs, Ministry of Religious Affairs, Indonesia
Asia III
     
Questions & Answers,
Asia III
     
Third Plenary Session: "Government, NGOS, and International Institutions",
Complete Session
   
Introduction,
Third Plenary Session
     
John Taylor, Formerly Director of the World Council of Churches and Secretary-General World Conference on Religion and Peace, Represent the International Association for Religious Freedom at the United Nations, Geneva
"An Initiative for a United Nations Decade for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, Understanding and Cooperation for Peace"
 
Paulo Tort Ortega, Director-General of Religious Associations, Secretariat of the Government, Mexico
    
Tayseir Mandour, Professor of Medicine Al-Azhar University Faculty of Medicine, Member Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, Member Interreligious Dialogue and Islamic Foreign Relations Committee of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs
"Islam and Religious Freedom: Role of Interfaith Dialog in promoting Global Peace"
 
Africa II: "Academia",
       
Nii Josiah-Aryeh, Doctor, University of Ghana Faculty of Law, Ghana
"To Drum or Not to Drum - Statutory and Customary Law Versus Freedom of Religion"
     
Fatou Kiné Camara, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal
"Secularity & Freedom of Religion in Senegal: Between a Constitutional Rock and a Hard Reality"
     
Latin III: "Government Institutions",
       
Hugo Britez Ibarra, Political Analyst, Vice Ministerio de Culto, Paraguay
"Entrelazando Comunidades Afines: Medio por el que el poder Judicial, la Academia, el Gobierno y las Instituciones Internacionales fomentan la Libertad Religiosa"
     
"Ukraine",
       
Valerii Klumov, Head Specialist, Religious Studies Department, Institute of Philosophy, Ukraine Academy of Science
"Legislative initiatives on the streamlining of state-confessional relations as a reflection of new approaches in the legal settlement of the religious sphere in Ukraine"
     
Asia: "Government Institutions",
Complete Session
     
Introduction,
Asia
     
MIN Khin, Minister, Ministry of Cults and Religions, Kingdom of Cambodia
Remarks
   
LANGSY Phouangkeo, Director General, International Relations of Mass Organizations Department, the Committee for External Relations of the Party Central Committee, Laos
      
Latin America IV: "Academia",
       
Kurt Nagel von Jess, Professor, University Rael Urdaneta, Venezuela
"La Libertad religiosa en Venezuela (ponencia para un simposio)"
     
"Europe",
       
Mathias Rohe, Professor/Doctor, University Erlangen-Nuremberg
"Commanding Good and the Common Good: Interpretation and Authority of Islamic Law on the Internet" (Paper by Jens Kutscher)
     
Asia V: "Government Institutions",
Complete Session
     
Introduction,
Asia V
     
Dang Thai Tinh, General Director, Department of International Cooperation, Government Committee for Religious Affairs, Viet Nam
    
Nguyen Thi Que, Director General, Government Committee for Religious Affairs, Viet Nam
        
Bui Thanh Ha, Expert in Religious Studies, Ministry of Public Security, Viet Nam
        
Questions & Comments Part 1,
Asia V
     
Questions & Comments Part 2,
Asia V
     
Latin America V: "Government Institutions and NGOs",
       
Sergio Morales, Doctor, Procuraduria Derechos Humanos de Guatemala
"Punteado para la participación del Procurador de los Derechos Humanos Doctor Sergio Fernando Morales Alvarado en el Simposio Internacional Ley y Religión"
     
"Russia and Kazakhastan",
       
Aidar Parkulovich Abuov, Director, International Centre of Cultures and Religions, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan
"Interreligious dialogue and mutual understanding of civilizations (experience of Kazakhstan)"
     
Irina Borisovna Tsepkova, Associate Professor of Politology, Kazakh Academy of Transport and Communications of M.Tynyshpaev; Kazakh National Medical University, Kazakhstan
"Freedom of Conscience in Kazakhstan - Reality or Myth?"
     
Roman Nikolaevich Lunkin, Director, Institute for Religion and Law, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
"Struggling against the freedom of conscience in Russia: the reasons of success and failure"
     
"Albania",
       
Rasim Hasanaj, Chairman, State Committee on Cults of the Republic of Albania
"Albania - The Country of Religious Harmony"
     
Brikena Kasmi, Head, Legal Drafting Sector, General Department of Codification, Ministry of Justice, Albania
    
Fourth Plenary Session,
   
Michael K. Young, President, University of Utah
      
W. Cole Durham, Jr., Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies