“Religion’s Roles in Peacebuilding”

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

Conference Live Streams

OPENING SESSION

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

FIRST PLENARY SESSION – WATCH HERE

– Understanding Religion and Peacebuilding

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

Speakers:
Fiona Bruce, Member of Parliament; Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (pre-recorded message), United Kingdom

Carlos Bernal Pulido, Professor, University of Dayton School of Law; Judge, 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

SECOND PLENARY SESSION – WATCH HERE

– Peacemaking, Religion, and Diplomacy

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

Yasuhide Nakayama, Former State Minister of Defense; Former State Minister of Foreign Affairs; Special Advisor to the Chairperson of the Research Council for Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Game Changing Fields

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

THIRD PLENARY SESSION – WATCH HERE

– Religion and Interfaith Engagement in Times of Conflict and Disaster

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

Samira Gutoc, Chair, AKO Bakwit, Philippines

KEYNOTE SESSION – WATCH HERE

Moderator:
Paul E. Kerry, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University

Speaker:
Rashad Hussain, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom (pre-recorded message), United States

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

FOURTH PLENARY SESSION – WATCH HERE

– Conference Summation and Concluding Reflections on Conference Themes

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

Closing keynote:
Rashad Hussain, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, United States

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

Parting Reflections by Delegates

Concluding Remarks
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