“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

Conference Live Streams

Sunday, Oct 2

7 – 8:15 PM

  • 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

Monday, Oct 3

9 – 10:30 AM

  • 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

2:15 – 3:45 PM

  • 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

Tuesday, Oct 4

9 – 10:15 AM

  • 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

2:15 – 3:00 PM

  • 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

4:15 – 5:45 PM

  • 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