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29th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium Live Streams – Монгол

“Religion’s Roles in Peacebuilding”

October 2-4, 2022

International Center for Law and Religion Studies
J. Reuben Clark Law School – Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah, USA

Чуулганы шууд дамжуулалт – Монгол

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Sunday, Oct 2

7 – 8:15 PM

  • OPENING SESSION


    Room 303

    Moderator:
    Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University and Program Chair, International Law and Religion Symposium, United States

    Welcomes:
    Kevin J Worthen, President, Brigham Young University, United States

    Brett G. Scharffs, 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, United States

    Speakers:
    Daniel Philpott, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, United States

    Nury Turkel, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, United States

Monday, Oct 3

9 – 10:30 AM

  • FIRST PLENARY SESSION

    – Understanding Religion and Peacebuilding
    Room 303

    Moderator:
    Amy Lynn Andrus, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States

    Speakers:
    Judge Carlos Bernal Pulido, Professor, University of Dayton School of Law; Inter-American Human Rights Commission, Colombia

    James Christie, Ambassador-at-Large, Canadian Multifaith Federation, Canada

    Baroness Emma Nicholson, AMAR International Charitable Foundation, United Kingdom

    Mervyn Thomas, Chair, UK FoRB Forum; Founder President, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, United Kingdom

10:45 – 11:45 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS

  • Azerbaijan, and Ukraine

    Room 303

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Ravan Hasanov, Executive Director, Baku International Multiculturalism Centre, Azerbaijan

    Maksym Vasin, Executive Director, Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine

    Anna Mariya Basauri Ziuzina, Board Member, Workshop for the Academic Study of Religions, Ukraine

  • Reflections from Legislators of the Dominican Republic

    Room 306

    Moderator:

    Panelists:

  • Malaysia, Philippines and South Korea

    Room 314

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Chae Young Kim, Faculty of Religious Studies, Sogang University, South Korea

    Salma Pir Rasul, Program Director, UP National College of Public Administration and Governance, Philippines

    Simon Siah, Lawyer; Director of Lawyer Kamek for Change Malaysia

  • Media Perspectives

    Room 205

    Moderator:

    Panelists:
    Luis Rosales, Journalist, Grupo America, Argentina

    Elsie Sierra, President, Guatemalan Media Chamber, Guatemala

    Peggy Fletcher Stack, Journalist, Salt Lake Tribune, United States

  • Cape Verde, Mozambique and South Africa

    Room 206

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Filomena Mendes Gonçalves, Minister for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Parliamentary Affairs, Cape Verde

    Josina da Graça, Deputy National Director of Religious Affairs, Mozambique

    Mbabala Oscar Mpetha, Stakeholder Relations Manager, Ministry of Social Development, South Africa

    Mararaole Abram Phahlamohlaka, Chief of Staff, Department of Social Development (Ministry), South Africa

2:15 – 3:45 PM

  • SECOND PLENARY SESSION

    – Peacemaking, Religion, and Diplomacy
    Room 303

    Moderator:
    Brett G. Scharffs, 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, United States

    Panelists:
    Ján Figel’, Former European Union FoRB Special Envoy; Member of the IRF Summit Global Leadership Council; Member of the IRFBA International Council of Experts, Slovak Republic

    Ismat Jahan, Ambassador to the European Union, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Bangladesh

    Alfonso José Quiñónez Lemus, Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala to the United States, Guatemala

    Yasuhide Nakayama, Special Assistant to the Chairperson of Policy Research of Japan Liberal Democratic Party, Japan

4:00 – 5:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS

  • Canada and the United Kingdom

    Room 303

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Andrew Methven, Chief of Staff, AMAR International Charitable Foundation, United Kingdom

    Farrah Raza, Stipendiary Lecturer in Public Law, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    Derek Ross, Executive Director and General Counsel, Christian Legal Fellowship, Canada

    Jonathan Tucker, Recent Graduate, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Brazil, Dominican Republic and Honduras

    Room 306

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves, Professor, Brazilian Center of Studies in Law and Religion, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil

    Ángel Salvador Cañó Sención, Partner and consultant, Rodríguez Estrella, Canó & Matos; Deacon and Legal Advisor to the Dominican Conference of Catholic Bishops, Dominican Republic

    Mauricio Villeda, Congressman, Honduras

  • Cambodia and Indonesia

    Room 314

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Anggia Erma Rini, Vice Chair of Commission IV, PKB Faction, House of People’s Consultative Assembly, Indonesia

    H.E. Sopheak Srey, Religious Affairs of Kampong Cham, Cambodia

  • Chile, Guatemala and Panama

    Room 205

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Omar Cortés Gaibur, Director of the National Office of Religious Affairs, Chile

    Robin Garcia, Pastor and Religious Freedom Delegate of Guatemala

    Nelly Cedeño de Paredes, Magistrate, Superior Family Court, Panama

  • Ethiopia

    Room 206

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Awoke Atinafu Adam, Chief, Ministry of Peace, Ethiopia

    Getachew Assefa Woldemariam, Dean and Associate Professor, College of Law and Governance Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

    Mohammed Dejen Assen, Professor, College of Law and Governance Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Tuesday, Oct 4

9 – 10:15 AM

  • THIRD PLENARY SESSION

    – Religion and Interfaith Engagement in Times of Conflict and Disaster
    Room 303

    Moderator:
    David H. Moore, David H. Moore, Sterling and Eleanor Colton Endowed Chair in Law and Religion; Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States

    Speakers:

    Samira Gutoc, Chair, AKO Bakwit, Philippines

    Asma Redi Baleker, Director General, Ministry of Peace, Ethiopia

10:30 – 11:30 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS

  • Islamic Perspectives on Human Dignity

    Room 303

    Moderators:
    Lutforahman Saeed, Assistant Professor, Islamic Law Faculty, Kabul University, Afghanistan

    Brett G. Scharffs, 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, United States

    Clark B. Lombardi, Dan Fenno Henderson Professor of Law, University of Washington, United States

    Shamshad Pasarlay, Visiting Lecturer of Law, University of Chicago, Afghanistan

  • Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic and Mexico

    Room 306

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Cristian Badillo, Director General, Conciencia Nacional por la Libertad Religiosa, Mexico

    Sandro Mansur Gibran, Attorney, Brazil

    Isabel Consuelo Paulino de Gross, President, Dr. Paulino Attorneys at Law Legal Advisor to the Dominican Conference of Catholic Bishops, Vice President of the National Commission in Defense of Family and the Constitution, Representative of the Conference’s National Commission of Family and Life, Dominican Republic

    Luciano Ernesto Silva Mora, Professor and Doctor of Education, Advisor, National Office of Religious Affairs of the Chilean Government, Chile

  • Mongolia

    Room 314

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Myagmar Byambasuren, Member, Ulaanbaatar City Council, Mongolia

    Odonkhuu Munkhsaikhan, Professor of Law, National University of Mongolia

  • Reflections from Counsel of Religious Organizations

    Room 205

    Moderator:
    José Antonio Calvi, Legal Counsel, Peruvian Conference of Catholic Bishops; Former President, Latin American Consortium for Religious Liberty, Peru

    Speakers:
    Ángel José Gomera Peralta, Director, National System of Conflict Resolution, Office of the Attorney General; Legal Advisor to the Dominican Conference of Catholic Bishops, Dominican Republic

    Alejandro Santana Rosario, Legal Advisor to the Council Assemblies of God in the Dominican Republic

    Susana Leslie Inch Sainz, Counsel of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

  • Western Africa (Session One)

    Room 206

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Danielle Yolande Adjafi, Advisor, Presidency of Côte d’Ivoire

    Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Ambasssador; Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the United Nations in Geneva, The Gambia

    Christopher Wadibia, Junior Research Fellow, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS

  • Judicial Roundtable

    Room 303

    Moderator:
    David G. Campbell, Senior Judge, United States District Court, District of Arizona, United States

    Panelists:
    Eyad A. Alsamhan, Judge, Jordan

    Mücahit Aydin, Rapporteur-Judge, Constitutional Court of Turkey

    Nelly Cedeño de Paredes, Magistrate, Superior Family Court, Panama

    Khosbayar Chagdaa, Presiding Judge of the Chamber for Criminal Cases, Supreme Court of Mongolia

    Abed-Alhaleem Hiasat, Judge, Jordan; LLM Student, BYU Law

    Muntaser Omoush, Judge, Jordan; LLM Student, BYU Law

  • Reflections from Religious Leaders (Session One)

    Room 306

    Moderator:
    Andrew C. Reed, Associate Professor, Church History, Brigham Young University; Chair, Council for Interfaith Engagement, United States

    Speakers:
    Bruce Clemenger, President, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

    Louis Antonio Torres Eskivel, Bishop, Orthodox Church, Colombia

    Luis Mário de Souza Pinto, Vice president, South American Division, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Brazil

    Revd. Dr. Andrew Teal, Chaplain, Fellow & Lecturer in Theology, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Afghanistan and Pakistan

    Room 314

    Moderator:

    Speakers:

    Ijaz Masih, Former Minister of Human Rights, Minority Affairs, and Interfaith Harmony, Pakistan

    Lutforahman Saeed, Assistant Professor, Islamic Law Faculty, Kabul University, Afghanistan

  • Western Africa (Session Two)

    Room 206

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Mohammed Marzuq Abubakari, Personal Assistant to the National Chief Imam of Ghana; Executive Director of the Islamic Peace and Security Council, Ghana

    Buba Sanyang, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands and Religious Affairs, The Gambia

    Nené Bi Boti Séraphin, Associate Professor of Law, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

1:00 – 2:15 PM

  • KEYNOTE SESSION


    Room 303

    Moderator:
    Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University and Program Chair, International Law and Religion Symposium, United States

    Speaker:
    Revd. Dr. Andrew Teal, Chaplain, Fellow & Lecturer in Theology, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
    Fides Defensor? Defending Faith to Enable Communities of Reconciliation

3:15 – 4:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS

  • Jordan and Sudan

    Room 303

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    NasrEldeen Mofarih Ahmed, Former Minister of Religious Affairs and Awqaf, Sudan

    Eyad A. Alsamhan, Judge, Jordan

    Abed-Alhaleem Hiasat, Judge, Jordan, LLM Student, BYU Law

    Muntaser Omoush, Judge, Jordan, LLM Student, BYU Law

  • Reflections from Religious Leaders (Session Two)

    Room 306

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Joseph Oluseyi Malomo, Pastor, State House Chaplain and Senior Special Assistant to the President (Chaplaincy), Nigeria

    Jens-Oliver Mohr, Pastor and Director of Public Relations, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Germany

    Jennifer G. Woods, Associate Director, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Seventh-Day Adventist Church, United States

  • New Zealand

    Room 314

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Vanisa Dhiru, MNZM JP, Commissioner, New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, New Zealand

    Rakesh Naidoo, Superintendent, New Zealand Police

  • Dominican Republic and Peru

    Room 205

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Laura I. Féliz, Partner, DR&R Consulting Lawyers; Advisor to the Acción Cristiana Group, Dominican Republic

    Maria Laura Vargas Valcarcel, Executive Secretary, Peruvian Interreligious Council, Peru

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Room 206

    Moderator:

    Speakers:
    Matthieu Manga Kalota, Lawyer, Matthieu M. Kalota Law Firm, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Emmanuel-Javier Luzolo Bambi Lessa, Lawyer, Former Minister of Justice, Democratic Republic of the Congo

4:15 – 5:45 PM

  • FOURTH PLENARY SESSION

    – Conference Summation and Concluding Reflections on Conference Themes
    Room 303

    Moderator:
    Gary B. Doxey, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, United States

    Parting Reflections by Delegates

    Concluding Remarks
    Brett G. Scharffs 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, United States

    Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University and Program Chair, International Law and Religion Symposium, United States