2018 Annual Symposium
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Human Dignity and Freedom of Religion or Belief: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70 | |
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Opening Remarks |
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Ann Power-Forde – Human Dignity in Difficult Times: Our Shared Imprint in a Fractured Family Presiding Judge, Constitutional Court Chamber, Kosovo Specialist Chambers, The Hague; Former Judge, European Court of Human Rights |
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Monday, October 8, 2018 |
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First Plenary Session: Protection of International Religious Freedom and Human Dignity by National a | |
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Brett G. Scharffs – Full Session (English) Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Rex E. Lee Chair and Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University |
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Simona Cruciani Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect | |
Ján Figeľ Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief Outside the European Union, European Commission | |
Giuliana Natale Director, Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion | |
Michael Suhr Ambassador/Special Representative for Religious Freedom or Belief, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Michael K. Young President, Texas A&M University; Former Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) |
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Keynote Address | |
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Samuel Brownback U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State |
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Second Plenary Session: Possibilities of and Challenges to Protecting Both Religious Freedom & Human | |
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Full Session (English) |
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Jane Wise – Moderator Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
Ganoune Diop – Presentation (English) Secretary General, International Religious Liberty Association; Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Seventh-day Adventist Church |
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Tore Lindholm – Presentation (English) Professor Emeritus, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo |
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Christopher Tollefsen – Presentation (English) College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and Department Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina |
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Questions and Answers (English) |
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Europe | |
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Full Session (na hrvatskom jeziku / English) |
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Full Session (English translation) |
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David M. Kirkham – Moderator Director, BYU London Centre; Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
Raphaël Warolin – Presentation (English) Policy Officer, European External Action Service (EEAS), European Union |
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Šime Jerčić – Presentation (na hrvatskom jeziku) Director, Government Office of the Commission for Relations with Religious Communities |
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Tore Lindholm – Presentation (English) Professor Emeritus, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo |
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Latin America: Reflections from Political Leaders | |
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Full Session (español) |
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Full Session (English translation -- begins about 6:42) |
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Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou – Presentation (español) Senator, Senate of Uruguay |
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Juan Fernando Brugge – Presentation (español) Member of Congress, Chamber of Deputies |
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Ivonne Acuña Cabrera – Presentation (English) Deputy, Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica |
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Questions and Answers (español) |
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Canada | |
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Full Session (English) |
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Solange Lefebvre – Presentation (English) Full Professor, Research Chair for the Management of Cultural and Religious Diversity, University of Montreal |
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Dwight Newman – Presentation (English) Professor, University of Saskatchewan |
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Breakout Session | |
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Full Session (English) |
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Erlend Peterson – Moderator Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School | |
Abdel Rahman Al-Nusairat – Presentation (English) Judge |
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Ewelina Ochab – Presentation (English) Legal Researcher; Author of Never Again: Legal Responses to a Broken Promise in the Middle East |
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Brazil: Part I | |
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Full Session (português) |
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Odacyr Prigol – Presentation (português) Attorney at Law, Prigol Advogados Associados; Member, Brazilian Association for Religious Freedom |
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Christiana Ramalho Cavalcante – Presentation (português) Public Prosecutor, Pernambuco State |
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Questions and Answers (português) |
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Australia and Papua New Guinea | |
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Introduction to session |
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Tauvasa Tanuvasa Chou-Lee Deputy Solicitor General (State Defense) and Attorney General, Department of Justice | |
Damian Wyld – Presentation (English) Director, Australian Family Coalition |
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Mark Fowler Partner, Prolegis Lawyers |
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Latin America: Perspectives from Law and Religion Experts | |
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Full session (español) |
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Ligia Castaldi – Moderator Professor, Ava Maria Law School | |
José Ángel González – Presentation (español) Director, Center for Research and Studies of Religion, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (CIER-PUCMM) |
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Gabriel Gonzáles Merlano – Presentation (español) Professor and Coordinator of the Humanities, Universidad Católica del Uruguay |
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Carlos Raúl Morales Moscoso – Presentation (español) Advisor, International Organizations |
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018 |
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Third Plenary Session: Dignity, Religious Traditions, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
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Full Plenary (English) |
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Gary B. Doxey – Moderator Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
Asma Uddin – Presentation (English) Senior Scholar & Faculty, Freedom Forum Institute and Fellow, Initiative on Security and Religious Freedom, UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations |
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Muhammed Haron – Presentation (English) Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Botswana |
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Brett G. Scharffs – Presentation (English) Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Rex E. Lee Chair and Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University |
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Concluding Plenary | |
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Full Session (English / español / português / français) |
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Full Session (English) |
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Brett G. Scharffs – Presentation (English) Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Rex E. Lee Chair and Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University |
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Delegate Remarks (English / español / português / français) |
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W. Cole Durham, Jr. Founding Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies; Susa Young Gates Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
Elizabeth A. Clark – Presentation (English) Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; Program Chair, International Law and Religion Symposium |
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Ukraine | |
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Full Session (русский and English) |
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Ihor Kozlovskyi – Presentation (русский) Professor, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
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Dmytro Vovk – Presentation (English) Associate Professor, Yaroslav the Wise National Law University |
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Questions and Answers (русский and English) |
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Caribbean | |
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Full Session (español / français) |
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Gary B. Doxey – Moderator Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
Enrique Alemán Gutiérrez – Presentation (español) Deputy, National Assembly of the Popular Power of Cuba; President, Cuban Platform for Interreligious Dialogue |
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Maximo Ramon Euripides Cabral Jimenez – Presentation (español) President, Señales TV / Commentator “El Sol de la Mañana” |
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Evens Souffrant – Presentation (français) Director General, Ministry of Cults, Ministry of Religion |
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Philippines | |
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Full Session (English) |
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Anacleto Rei Lacanilao III – Presentation (English) Professorial Lecturer, De La Salle University College of Law |
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Jerome Secillano – Presentation (English) Executive Secretary, Permanent Committee on Public Affairs, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) |
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Latin America: Perspectives from Government | |
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Full Session (español) |
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Scott E. Isaacson – Moderator Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J.Reuben Clark Law School, BYU | |
Juan Pérez Cornelio – Presenation (español) Advisor, Government of Mexico |
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Héctor Albertorio-Blondet – Presentation (English) Advisor and Executive Director, Third Sector Office and Faith Base, La Fortaleza, Government of Puerto Rico |
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Mardory Llanos Cortés – Presentation (español) Deputy Director for Freedom of Religion and Conscience, Office of Human Rights |
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Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia | |
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Full Session (English) |
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Y. Dato' Sri Mustafar Bin Haji Ali – Presentation (English) Director General, Immigration Department of Malaysia |
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Isa Hassan – Presentation (English) Vice President, Muslim Missionary Society Singapore (Jamiyah Singapore) |
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Cekli Setya Pratiwi – Presentation (English) Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang |
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South Africa | |
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Full Session (English) |
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W. Cole Durham, Jr. – Moderator Founding Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies; Susa Young Gates Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
Thoko Nonhle Jeannette Mkhwanazi-Xavula – Presentation (English) Chairperson, Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities |
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Selby Mfanelo Mbenenge – Presentation (English) Judge President of the High Court, Eastern Cape Division of the High Court |
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Tshimangadzo Edward Mafadza – Presentation (English) Chief Executive Officer, Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities |
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Azerbaijan and Russia | |
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Nasimi Aghayev Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Azerbaijan | |
Stanislav Panin – Presentation (English) PhD Candidate, Department of Religion, Rice University; Former Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia |
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Latin America: Judicial Perspectives | |
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Full Session (español) |
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Denise Posse Lindberg – Moderator Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; Judge, 3rd Judicial District, State of Utah (retired) | |
Carlos Alberto Mahiques – Presentation (español) Judge, Cámara Federal de Casación Penal |
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Florentin Meléndez Padilla – Presenation (español) First Magistrate, Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador |
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Parliamentary Perspectives | |
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Full Session (English) |
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David M. Kirkham – Moderator Director, BYU London Centre; Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
Gardenia Aisek – Presentation (English) Senator, Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia |
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Nathan Gill – Presentation (English) Member, European Parliament |
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Argentina | |
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Full Session (español) |
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Gustavo Marcelo Guillermé – Presentation (español) Vice President, Judeo Christian Islamic Foundation of the Americas |
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David Frol – Presentation (español) Vice President, Argentine Council for Religious Liberty (CALIR) |
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Cambodia and Sri Lanka | |
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Full Session (English and Khmer) | |
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J. Clifford Wallace – Moderator Chief Judge Emeritus, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
Samaraweera Arachchige Nagananda – Presentation (English) Coordinating Secretary to the Secretary of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs |
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Him Vibolrith – Presentation (Khmer) Director General, Religious Affairs Department, Ministry of Cults and Religions |
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Aunny Ieng – Presentation (English) Former Deputy Governor of Phnom Penh, Capital City of Phnom Penh |
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Questions and Answers (English and Khmer) |
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Protecting Human Dignity and Religious Freedom Through Interfaith Cooperation | |
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Full Session (English) |
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Cisse Djiguiba – Presentation (English) Imam, The Mosque of Plateau, Abidjan |
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Surender Singh Kandhari – Presentation (English) Director, Guru Nanak Darbar, Dubai |
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Brazil: Part II | |
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Full Session (português) |
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José Bizon – Presentation (português) Ecclesiastical Advisor for Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue, Archdiocese of São Paulo; Director, Casa da Reconciliação |
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Edna Zilli – Presentation (português) Attorney at Law and Director, Parliamentary Affairs, National Association of Evangelical Attorneys (ANAJURE) |
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Edson Brandão – Presentation (português) Secretary, Comissão da Liberdade Religiosa |
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Latin America: Fostering Human Dignity and Religious Freedom Through Civil Society | |
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Full Session (español / português) |
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Gary B. Doxey – Moderator Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
Neydy Janet Casillas Padron – Presentation (español) Senior Counsel, Organization of American States (OAS) and Latin America, Alliance Defending Freedom International |
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Cristian Badillo – Presentation (español) Director General, Conciencia Nacional por la Libertad Religiosa |
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Aroldo Barreto Cavalcante Filho – Presentation (português) Attorney at Law, Barreto Cavalcante Advogados; J. Reuben Clark Law Society Area Director - South America |
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Japan and South Korea | |
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Chae-Young Kim – Presentation (English) Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Sogang University; President, Korean Associations for Religious Studies |
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Eiichiro Takahata Professor of Constitutional Law, Nihon University, Japan |
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Ghana and Botswana | |
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Full Session (English) |
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George Arthur – Presentation (English) Assistant Commissioner of Police; Chaplain, General Director, Ghana Police Service |
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Muhammed Haron – Presentation (English) Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Botswana |
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