2012 Annual Symposium
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| OPENING SESSION | |
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| Silvio Ferrari Professor of Canon Law, University of Milan | |
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| Suzan Johnson Cook United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, The Office of International Religious Freedom | |
| Katrina Lantos Swett Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom | |
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| FIRST PLENARY SESSION: The Role of Religion in Democratic Transformations | |
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| Jeffrey Haynes Associate Dean of Faculty, Research and Postgraduate, and Director, Centre for the Study of Religion, Conflict, and Cooperation, London Metropolitan University | |
| Sophie Christine van Bijsterveld Professor of Law, Tilburg Law School, Universiteit van Tilburg | |
| Scott Hibbard Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, DePaul University | |
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| Africa Breakout Session | |
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| Emmanuel Kwabena Quansah Professor of Law and Dean, School of Research and Graduate Studies, Mountcrest University College | |
| Jallah Allen Barbu Chairperson, Constitution and Justice Division, Law Reform Commission | |
| Shaun de Freitas Asssociate Professor and Departmental Chairperson, Department of Constitutional Law and Philosophy of Law, University of the Free State | |
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| Vietnam Breakout Session | |
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| DO Quang Hung Professor, University of Social Sciences and Humanities | |
| Quoc Thanh Pham Vice Dean, Faculty of Political Science, University of Social Sciences and Humanities | |
| Van Hieu Nguyen Division of International Relations, University of Social Sciences | |
| The Hung Nguyen Director, International Relations Department | |
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| Peru Breakout Session | |
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| Juan Carlos Valderrama Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú | |
| Jorge Luis Salas Arenas Supreme Judge, Supreme Court of Justice | |
| Moisés Arata Solís Professor, University of Lima, San Martín de Porres and San Ignacio de Loyola | |
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| SECOND PLENARY SESSION: Religious Organizations, Civil Society, and Pluralism | |
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| Allen D. Hertzke Presidential Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma | |
| Rik Torfs Senator, Belgian Senate | |
| Ram Cnaan Director, Program for the Study of Organized Religion and Social Work, University of Pennsylvania | |
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| China Breakout Session | |
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| Peng Liu Director, Pu Shi Institute for Social Science | |
| Ping Xiong Lecturer, University of South Australia Law School | |
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| Japan Breakout Session | |
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| Tasuku Matsuo Attorney at Law, Matsuo & Kosugi | |
| Frank Ravitch Professor of Law and Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law | |
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| Ukraine Breakout Session | |
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| Taras Antoshevskyy Director, Religious Information Service of Ukraine | |
| Maksym Vasin Executive Director, Institute for Religious Freedom |
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| Mexico Breakout Session | |
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| Jesús Alcántara Méndez Religious Affairs Counsel, Secretaría de Gobernación | |
| Javier Saldana Serrano Dr., Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) | |
| Maximo Moscoso Pintado Religious Affairs Coordinator of the State of Tabasco, Secretaría de Gobernación | |
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| THIRD PLENARY SESSION: Religion in Public and Private | |
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| Hanna Kildani Secretary General, Jordanian Christian Council | |
| Jinwol Lee Professor, Dongguk University | |
| Jose Dario Salazar-Cruz Senator, Colombian Senate | |
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| United States Breakout Session | |
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| Derek Davis, J.D., Ph.D. Former Director, J.M. Dawson Institute on Church-State Studies | |
| Tina Ramirez Director of International and Government Relations, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | |
| Eric Rassbach Deputy General Counsel, The Becket Fund of Religious Liberty | |
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| Indonesia and Philippines Breakout Session | |
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| Cekli Setya Pratiwi Lecturer, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang Faculty of Law | |
| Jeremy Gatdula Attorney, David and Gatdula Law Offices | |
| Ric Castro Partner, Quisumbing Torres/Baker and McKenzie International | |
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| Russia Breakout Session | |
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| William Schmidt Doctor of Philosophy, Dean of Faculty of Religious Studies, Ethnocultural Studies and Regional Studies, John the Apostle Orthodox Institute, Russian Orthodox University | |
| Ekaterina Elbakyan Professor of Sociology and Management of Social Processes, Moscow Academy of Labor and Social Relations | |
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| Central America Breakout Session | |
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| Marylin Vallarino Member of Congress, National Congress of Panama | |
| Brenda Ninoska Martinez Aragon Attorney at Law, Taboada & Asociados | |
| Carlos Sabino Professor, Universidad Francisco Marroquin | |
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| Cape Verde and Brazil Breakout Session | |
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| Ligia Dias Fonseca First Lady, Office of the President of Cape Verde | |
| Gilberto Garcia Professor of Law, Retailer's Trade Union of São Joao de Mereti RJ | |
| Aldir Soriano Professor, Universidade do Oeste Paulista - Unoeste | |
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| India and Laos Breakout Session | |
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| S.K. Pachauri Director, Amity Institute of Good Governance | |
| Sosonephith Phanouvong Director of Home Affairs, Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs | |
| Ouneheuane Phothirath President, Lao Front for National Construction | |
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| Armenia and Georgia Breakout Session | |
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| Stepan Danielyan Chairman, Collaboration for Democracy Centre | |
| Marine Solomonishvili President, LEA International Foundation and Georgian-Jewish Information Center | |
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| Dominican Republic Breakout Session | |
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| Fidel Lorenzo Meran Minister, Dominican Council of Evangelical Unity | |
| Elivis Medina Bishop, Iglesia de Dios | |
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| Australia and Samoa Breakout Session | |
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| Augusto Cotta Zimmermann Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer, Murdoch University | |
| Leilani Tuala-Warren Executive Director, Samoa Law Reform Commission | |
| Neville Rochow Barrister/Board Member, University of Adelaide Research Unit for Society, Law and Religion | |
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| Europe Breakout Session | |
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| Jose Martin de Agar Professor of Canon Law, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce | |
| Sven Speer Chairman, Forum Open Religious Policy | |
| Tore Lindholm Associate Professor, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo | |
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| Colombia and Bolivia Breakout Session | |
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| María Patricia Ariza-Velasco Fourth Deputy Attorney before the Council of State, Procuraduría General de la República de Colombia | |
| Ninoska Lazarte Councilwoman, Municipal Council of Cochabamba City | |
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| FOURTH PLENARY SESSION: Conference Summation and Concluding Reflections on Conference Themes | |
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| W. Cole Durham, Jr. Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law and Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| DO Quang Hung Professor, University of Social Sciences and Humanities | |
| Jose Martin de Agar Professor of Canon Law, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce | |
| Juan Carlos Valderrama Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú | |
| Frank Ravitch Professor of Law and Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law | |
| Maximo Moscoso Pintado Religious Affairs Coordinator of the State of Tabasco, Secretaría de Gobernación | |
| Derek Davis, J.D., Ph.D. Former Director, J.M. Dawson Institute on Church-State Studies | |
| Leilani Tuala-Warren Executive Director, Samoa Law Reform Commission | |
| William Schmidt Doctor of Philosophy, Dean of Faculty of Religious Studies, Ethnocultural Studies and Regional Studies, John the Apostle Orthodox Institute, Russian Orthodox University | |
| Ligia Dias Fonseca First Lady, Office of the President of Cape Verde | |
| Cekli Setya Pratiwi Lecturer, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang Faculty of Law | |