International Center for Law and Religion Studies

Opening Session
W. Cole Durham, Jr. Susa Young gates University Professor of Law and Director International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU
Robert Seiple President, Council for America's First Freedom
Kevin Worthen
Michael K. Young

First Plenary Session
Robert T. Smith Managing Director, ICLRS at BYU
Carolyn Evans Professor, University of Melbourne School of Law
Tahir Mahmood Professor & Doctor, Amity University Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Kevin J. "Seamus" Hasson Founder and Chairman, The Becket Fund
Raul Gonzalez Schmal Master in Law, Universidad Iberoamericana

Paraguay and Uruguay
Ruben Candia Amarilla Attorney General, Ministerio Publico
Edagr Eligio Villalba Riquelme Defensor del Pueblo Adjunto, Defensoria del Pueblo
Sergio Abreu Senator, Republic of Uruguay
Pablo Daniel Abdala Representative in National Congress
Patrick Thurston

China
Qui Wei Deputy Divisional Director of the Policy Research of the 4th Department
Shengcai Wang Senior Staff Member of the Foreign Affairs Department

Russia
nina Vitalievna Volodina Professor, Institute of Internal Affairs
Aleksander Gavrilovich Zaluzhniy Co-Chairman, Council on Independent Expert Analyses

Australia
Robert Balzola President, New South Wales Religious Freedom Institute
Neville Rochow Barrister-at-Law

Second Plenary Session
J. Clifford Wallace Chief Judge Emeritus, U.S. Court of Appeals fro the Ninth Circuit
Karim Pharaon Justice, Supreme Court of Justice
David Bleby The Honourable Justice, Supreme Court of South Australia
Juan Bautista Bardelli Magistrate, Tribunal Constitucional of Peru

Peru
Guillermo Garci Montufar Professor, Universidad de Lima
Walter Alban Abogado, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
Juan Carlos Valderrama President, Institute of Ecclesiastical Law

Japan and Korea
Setsu Kobayashi
Eiichiro Takahata Professor, Nihon University
Young Jae Suh Doctor and Senior Partner, Lee International and Law Group
Brett G. Scharffs

Judicial I
Carl Ingram Chief Justice of the High Court
Perikili Zaharia Justice, Supreme Court of Albania
Majda Kriskapa Advisor in the Supreme Court of Serbia

Africa
Nestor Monsempo Mbokeli Secretary General, Ministry of Planning, Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Jemima Oware Chief State Attorney, The Registrar General's Department
Richard Kasungu Commissioner, Presidential Parstatal Sector Reform
Kurt Krieger

Latin America I
David Moore Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky College of Law
Armando Jorge de la Tore Dean, Graduate Division of Social Sciences Universidad Francisco Marroquin
Volda Ann Lawrence Parliamentarian Administrator, People's National Congress Reform
Luis Humberto Gomez Gallo

Mexico
Diana Barrera Vasquez Subdriectora de Atencion a Asociaciones
Eduardo Gerardo Rodriguez Garnica Subdirector de Enlace de la Direccion
Norma Patricia Maldonado Lic. en Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Legal Department of the Direction of Religious Associations
Sabino Oliveros Angeles Coordinador de Asesores del Subsecretario de Poblacion
Wilford Andersen

Southeast Asia
Luoth Yin Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Cults and Religions
John P. Colton
Lira Goswami Senior Church Counsel, Associated Law Advisors

Spain
Jose Maria Contreras Director, "Pluralismo y Convivencia" Foundation
Javier Martinez-Torron Professor, Catedratico de Universidad, Universidad Compultense
Juan Ramon Ferreiro Galguera Subdirector General de Asuntos Religiosos del Ministerio de Justicia
William Atkin

Judicial II
Samuel Arias Arzeno Judge of the Second Chamber Civil and Commercial
Paulo Sergio Domingues Federal Judge
Manuel Sanchez-Palacios Justice, Supreme Court, President Civil Chanber

Third Plenary Session
Javier Martinez-Torron Professor, Catedratico de Universidad, Universidad Compultense
Daniel Payne Professor and Orthodox Priest
Leposava Karamarkovic Professor, Belgrade Law School
Muhammed Sevki Aydin The Vice President of Religious Affairs
Yanming Wang Divisional Director of the 4th Department, State Administration for Religious Affairs

Argentina
Juan Pablo Cafiero Doctor & UN Development Program Advisor United Nations in Buenos Aires
Lilian Constanza Diedrich Professor, Universidad Catolica de Salta Pedro Saravia 51
Osvaldo Alejandro Grossman Ambassador & Vice-Secretary for Religious Affairs Foreign Affairs Ministry
Eduardo Zimmerman Rector, Universidad de San Andres
Scott Isaacson

Vietnam and Laos
Bui Quang Nhuong Expert, International Cooperation Department Government Committee for Religious Affairs

Kyrgyz Republic
Manapbekovich Murataliev Leading Specialist of the State Agency on religious Affairs
Mukimzhan Murzakulov

Turkey
Ilhan Yildiz The President of Higher Committee of Religious Affairs
Talip Kucukcan Associate Professor of Sociology
Ibrahim Khalil Dabbour Priest Doctor

Mongolia
Sukhbaatar Shirchin Deputy Minister, Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs of Mongolia
Adam Kowalik Professor, Catholic University
Paul Hyer

Brazil
Augusto Cury Doctor of Psychiatry
Adam Kowalik Professor, Catholic University
R. Marshall Tanner

European Union
David Kirkham Associate Dean, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
Liga Biksiniece Head of Discrimination Prevention Department
Lisbet Christoffersen Professor

Armenia and Georgia
Shavarsh Khachatryan Expert in International Law
Giorgi Alasania Leading Specialist, Legal Affairs Committee, Parliament of Georgia
Khatuna Tsintsadze Executive Director

Fourth Plenary Session
W. Cole Durham, Jr. Susa Young gates University Professor of Law and Director International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU
Juan G. Navarro Floria Progessor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina
Rik Torfs Professor
Tore Lindholm Associate Professor, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights