Annual International Law and Religion Symposium

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Each year since 1994, BYU Law School has hosted a symposium devoted to the discussion of law and religion. By 2023, more than 1400 government, academic, and religious leaders and visitors from 138 countries had met together to discuss principles of religious liberty and to explore mechanisms to better implement these principles. Details about upcoming and past symposia may be found below.

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32nd Annual International Law and Religion Symposium

Building Paths to Flourishing: Regional, National, and International Protections of Religious Freedom

October 5-7, 2025

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31st Annual International Law and Religion Symposium

Religious Freedom as a Tool for Peacemaking

October 6-8, 2024

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30th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium

Protecting the Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion: 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

October 1 – 3, 2023

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29th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium

3-4 October 2022

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2021: Finding Collaborative Solutions to Promote Freedom of Religion or Belief

3-5 October 2021

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2020: Religious Freedom: Rights and Responsibilities

4-6 October 2020

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2019: Human Dignity and Religious Freedom: Preventing and Responding to Persecution

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2018: Protecting Religious Freedom and Dignity

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2017: Religion and Religious Freedom in a Changing World

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2016: Religious Rights in a Pluralistic World

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2015: Religion, Law, and Social Stabilty

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2014: Varieties of Secularism, Religion, and the Law

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2013: Religion and Human Rights

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2012: Religion, Democracy, and Civil Society

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2011: Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age