Academic Advisory Board

The Center is honored to have a distinguished group of globally recognized scholars serve as its Academic Advisory Board. The contributions of these outstanding individuals in illuminating the intricacies of religious freedom principles and promoting enlightened discussion of those principles are of tremendous value. These advisors significantly advance the Center’s mission and the cause of religious freedom throughout the world.

MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD

Professor Sophie van Bijsterveld
Universiteit Radboud, Netherlands
Member, Dutch Upper House of Parliament

Reverend Doctor Kim-Kwong Chan
Executive Secretary, Hong Kong Christian Council
Hong Kong, China

Professor Carolyn Evans
Vice Chancellor and President, Griffith University
Queensland, Australia

Professor Silvio Ferrari
Emeritus, Dipartimento di Scienze giuridiche ‘Cesare Beccaria’
Università degli Studi di Milano
Milan, Italy

Doctor Ján Figeľ
International Expert on Freedom of Religion or Belief
Bratislava, Slovakia

Professor Mohammad Hashim Kamali
International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Professor Tore Lindholm
Professor Emeritus (Philosophy)
Norwegian Centre for Human Rights
University of Oslo Faculty of Law
Oslo, Norway

Tahir Mahmood
Professor of Eminence in Law & Chairman, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Amity University, New Delhi, India
Founder-President, South Asia Consortium for Religion and Law Studies

Doctor Liu Peng
Pu Shi Institute for Social Science
Beijing, China

Professor Juan G. Navarro Floria
Pontificia Universidad Católica
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Professor Javier Martínez-Torrón
Universidad Complutense
Madrid, Spain

Professor Gerhard Robbers
Professor Emeritus, Unversität Trier
Trier, Germany

Professor Rik Torfs
Rector, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Leuven, Belgium

Professor Juan Carlos A. Valderrama
Universidad Católica
Lima, Peru