Biographical information about the participants in the 17th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium is available from the list of delegates below.
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17th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium, Delegates
In alphbetical order by country
Australia
[*] Carolyn Evans, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, Melbourne Law School
[*] Rocco Mimmo, Founder and Chairman, Ambrose Centre for Religious Liberty
[*] Neville Rochow, Barrister and Research Associate, Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion
Austria
[*] Franz Winter, Religious Studies Scholar, University of Vienna/Federal Centre for Sect Issues
Bangladesh
[*] Kamal Hossain, Former Minster of Law, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Minister of Minerals and Petroleum, and a principal author of the Constitution of Bangladesh
Brazil
[*] Roberto Arriada Lorea, Permanent Judge, Court of Domestic Violence and Family Violence Against Women
[*] Valerio de Oliveria Mazzuoli, Juris Doctor, Universidade Federal Mato Grosso
Canada
[*] Lori Beaman, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa
[*] Iain T. Benson, Senior Associate Counsel, Miller Thompson LLP; Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa; Resides in France
Cape Verde
[*] Jorge Manuel Santos Sousa Brito, University Jean Piaget of Cape Verde
China
[*] Qianfan Zhang, Vice-President, Chinese Constitutional Law Association, Peking University
[*] Chuanhui Zeng, Institute of World Religions
Colombia
* Jorge Alberto García Calume, Legal Director (appointee), Ministry of the Interior and Justice
[*] Vicente Prieto, Universidad de la Sabana
Dominican Republic
[*] Pelegrín Horacio Castillo Seman, Member of the House of Representatives
Ethiopia
[*] Woubeshet Senegiorgis Woldeabib, Attorney at Law
Ghana
[*] Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu, Justice, Fast Track Court, Ministry of Justice
Guatemala
[*] Mario David Antonio García Velásquez, Emisoras Unidas/Bufete de Abogados/ Universidad Mariano Gálvez/Universidad Galileo
Guyana
[*] Ronald Paul McGarrell, Pastor, Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Honduras
[*] Leonidas Rosa Suazo, Director, Bufete Rosa y Asociados
India
[*] Tahir Mahmood, Founder-Chairman, Amity Institute of Advanced Legal Studies; Honorable Member, Law Commission of India, Government of India
Indonesia
[*] Syafiq A. Mughni, Professor of Islamic Civilization at IAIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Consultant for Board of Interfaith Harmony, Regional Government of East Java
Jordan
[*] Abdul Salem Al-Abbadi, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs
[*] Hazem Ali Ibrahim Al Nsour, Advocate, Hasem Al Nsour Law Firm
Mexico
[*] Jorge Adame Goddard, Institute for Legal Research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
[*]Elizabeth Brenda Mandujano Alanuza, Director, General Directorate of Religious Associations
[*] Sandra Lucia Segura Rangel, Director of Delegations, Commission for Regulation of Land Tenure
Mongolia
[*] Enkhjargal Oynbadam, Member, Religious Issues Council, Office of the President of Mongolia
Nepal
[*] Amber Prasad Pant, Dean, Faculty of Law, Tribhuvan University
Netherlands
[*] Jeroen Daniel Temperman, Assistant Professor, Editor-in-Chief, Religion and Human Rights Journal, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Nicaragua
[*] Mario Valle Dávilla, Member of Congress
Nigeria
[*] Adesumbo Bola Ajibola, Crescent University, Abeokuta and Islamic Mission for Africa
[*] Akinmade Ajibola, Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Negotiator and Consultant
[*] Matthew Hassan Kukah, Reverend Father, Vicar General, Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese
Norway
[*] Tore Lindholm, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo Faculty of Law
Pakistan
[*] Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, Provincial Assembly Member - Balochistan
[*] Athar Hassan Gorchani, Provincial Assembly Member - Punjab
[*] Muhammad Taimur Khan, Provincial Assembly Member - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[*] Heer Soho, Provincial Assembly Member - Sindh
Peru
[*] Guillermo García Montúfar, University of Lima
Philippines
[*] Amina Rasul, Director, Philippine Council on Islam and Democracy
[*] Santanina Rasul, Former Senator
Russia
[*] Alexey Malashenko, Scholar in Residence, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
[*] Tatyana Petrova, Advisor for Religions and Ethnoculture, Department of Culture
[*] Lev Simkin, Attorney at Law
Senegal
[*] Ahmadou Tall, Magistrate, Ministry of Justice
South Africa
[*] Erasmus (Rassie) Malherbe, Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Law, and former Head of the Department of Public Law, University of Johannesburg
[*] Nico Patrick Swartz, University of Orange Free State Faculty of Law
Spain
[*] Rafael Palomino Lozano, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Uganda
[*] Rosemary Wamimbi Nabifo, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration, Government of Uganda
Ukraine
[*] Oleksandr Zaiets, Director, Institute of Religious Freedom
United Kingdom
[*] Iain McLean, Oxford University
United States
[*] Zachary R. Calo, Valparaiso University School of Law
* Gary B. Doxey, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
* W. Cole Durham, Jr., Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law and Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
[*] Thomas B. Griffith, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
* Scott E. Isaacson, Executive Director for Latin America, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
* David M. Kirkham, Senior Fellow for Comparative Law and International Policy, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
[*] Ofrit Liviatan, Lecturer, Department of Government and Associate of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
* Brett G. Scharffs, Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law and Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
* Elizabeth A. Sewell, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
* Robert T. Smith, Managing Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
[*] Tad Stahnke, Director of Policy and Programs, Human Rights First
Viet Nam
[*] Nguyen Dac Tuan, Director General, Department of Cao Dai Affairs, Government Committee for Religious Affairs
[*] Le Hong Son, Department of International Cooperation, Government Committee of Religious Affairs
[*] Nguyen Van Thanh, Deputy Director, Department of Religion and Ethnic Minorities, Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front
Delegates! Please send corrections or additions, as well as requests for deletion, to the ICLRS Managing Editor (Donlu Thayer) at [email protected].