2018 Annual Symposium
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| Sunday, October 7, 2018 | |
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| Human Dignity and Freedom of Religion or Belief: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70 | |
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| Opening Remarks |
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| Ann Power-Forde – Human Dignity in Difficult Times: Our Shared Imprint in a Fractured Family Presiding Judge, Constitutional Court Chamber, Kosovo Specialist Chambers, The Hague; Former Judge, European Court of Human Rights |
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| Monday, October 8, 2018 | |
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| First Plenary Session: Protection of International Religious Freedom and Human Dignity by National a | |
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| Brett G. Scharffs – Full Session (English) 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 |
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| Simona Cruciani Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect | |
| Ján Figeľ Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief Outside the European Union, European Commission | |
| Giuliana Natale Director, Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion | |
| Michael Suhr Ambassador/Special Representative for Religious Freedom or Belief, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Michael K. Young President, Texas A&M University; Former Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) | |
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| Keynote Address | |
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| Samuel Brownback U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State |
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| Second Plenary Session: Possibilities of and Challenges to Protecting Both Religious Freedom & Human | |
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| Full Session (English) |
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| Jane Wise – Moderator Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Ganoune Diop – Presentation (English) Secretary General, International Religious Liberty Association; Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Seventh-day Adventist Church |
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| Tore Lindholm – Presentation (English) Professor Emeritus, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo |
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| Christopher Tollefsen – Presentation (English) College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and Department Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina |
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| Europe | |
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| Full Session (na hrvatskom jeziku / English) |
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| David M. Kirkham – Moderator Director, BYU London Centre; Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Raphaël Warolin – Presentation (English) Policy Officer, European External Action Service (EEAS), European Union |
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| Šime Jerčić – Presentation (na hrvatskom jeziku) Director, Government Office of the Commission for Relations with Religious Communities |
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| Tore Lindholm – Presentation (English) Professor Emeritus, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo |
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| Latin America: Reflections from Political Leaders | |
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| Full Session (español) |
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| Full Session (English translation -- begins about 6:42) |
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| Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou – Presentation (español) Senator, Senate of Uruguay |
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| Juan Fernando Brugge – Presentation (español) Member of Congress, Chamber of Deputies |
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| Ivonne Acuña Cabrera – Presentation (English) Deputy, Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica |
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| Canada | |
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| Full Session (English) |
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| Solange Lefebvre – Presentation (English) Full Professor, Research Chair for the Management of Cultural and Religious Diversity, University of Montreal |
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| Dwight Newman – Presentation (English) Professor, University of Saskatchewan |
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| Breakout Session | |
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| Full Session (English) |
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| Erlend Peterson – Moderator Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School | |
| Abdel Rahman Al-Nusairat – Presentation (English) Judge |
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| Ewelina Ochab – Presentation (English) Legal Researcher; Author of Never Again: Legal Responses to a Broken Promise in the Middle East |
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| Brazil: Part I | |
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| Full Session (português) |
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| Odacyr Prigol – Presentation (português) Attorney at Law, Prigol Advogados Associados; Member, Brazilian Association for Religious Freedom |
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| Christiana Ramalho Cavalcante – Presentation (português) Public Prosecutor, Pernambuco State |
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| Australia and Papua New Guinea | |
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| Introduction to session |
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| Tauvasa Tanuvasa Chou-Lee Deputy Solicitor General (State Defense) and Attorney General, Department of Justice | |
| Damian Wyld – Presentation (English) Director, Australian Family Coalition |
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| Mark Fowler Partner, Prolegis Lawyers | |
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| Latin America: Perspectives from Law and Religion Experts | |
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| Ligia Castaldi – Moderator Professor, Ava Maria Law School | |
| José Ángel González – Presentation (español) Director, Center for Research and Studies of Religion, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (CIER-PUCMM) |
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| Gabriel Gonzáles Merlano – Presentation (español) Professor and Coordinator of the Humanities, Universidad Católica del Uruguay |
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| Carlos Raúl Morales Moscoso – Presentation (español) Advisor, International Organizations |
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| Tuesday, October 9, 2018 | |
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| Third Plenary Session: Dignity, Religious Traditions, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
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| Full Plenary (English) |
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| Gary B. Doxey – Moderator Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Asma Uddin – Presentation (English) Senior Scholar & Faculty, Freedom Forum Institute and Fellow, Initiative on Security and Religious Freedom, UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations |
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| Muhammed Haron – Presentation (English) Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Botswana |
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| Brett G. Scharffs – Presentation (English) 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 |
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| Concluding Plenary | |
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| Full Session (English / español / português / français) |
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| Full Session (English) |
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| Brett G. Scharffs – Presentation (English) 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 |
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| Delegate Remarks (English / español / português / français) |
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| W. Cole Durham, Jr. Founding Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies; Susa Young Gates Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Elizabeth A. Clark – Presentation (English) Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; Program Chair, International Law and Religion Symposium |
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| Ukraine | |
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| Full Session (русский and English) |
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| Ihor Kozlovskyi – Presentation (русский) Professor, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
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| Dmytro Vovk – Presentation (English) Associate Professor, Yaroslav the Wise National Law University |
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| Caribbean | |
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| Full Session (español / français) |
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| Gary B. Doxey – Moderator Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Enrique Alemán Gutiérrez – Presentation (español) Deputy, National Assembly of the Popular Power of Cuba; President, Cuban Platform for Interreligious Dialogue |
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| Maximo Ramon Euripides Cabral Jimenez – Presentation (español) President, Señales TV / Commentator “El Sol de la Mañana” |
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| Evens Souffrant – Presentation (français) Director General, Ministry of Cults, Ministry of Religion |
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| Philippines | |
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| Full Session (English) |
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| Anacleto Rei Lacanilao III – Presentation (English) Professorial Lecturer, De La Salle University College of Law |
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| Jerome Secillano – Presentation (English) Executive Secretary, Permanent Committee on Public Affairs, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) |
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| Latin America: Perspectives from Government | |
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| Scott E. Isaacson – Moderator Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J.Reuben Clark Law School, BYU | |
| Juan Pérez Cornelio – Presenation (español) Advisor, Government of Mexico |
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| Héctor Albertorio-Blondet – Presentation (English) Advisor and Executive Director, Third Sector Office and Faith Base, La Fortaleza, Government of Puerto Rico |
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| Mardory Llanos Cortés – Presentation (español) Deputy Director for Freedom of Religion and Conscience, Office of Human Rights |
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| Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia | |
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| Full Session (English) |
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| Y. Dato' Sri Mustafar Bin Haji Ali – Presentation (English) Director General, Immigration Department of Malaysia |
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| Isa Hassan – Presentation (English) Vice President, Muslim Missionary Society Singapore (Jamiyah Singapore) |
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| Cekli Setya Pratiwi – Presentation (English) Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang |
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| South Africa | |
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| Full Session (English) |
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| W. Cole Durham, Jr. – Moderator Founding Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies; Susa Young Gates Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Thoko Nonhle Jeannette Mkhwanazi-Xavula – Presentation (English) Chairperson, Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities |
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| Selby Mfanelo Mbenenge – Presentation (English) Judge President of the High Court, Eastern Cape Division of the High Court |
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| Tshimangadzo Edward Mafadza – Presentation (English) Chief Executive Officer, Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities |
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| Azerbaijan and Russia | |
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| Nasimi Aghayev Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Azerbaijan | |
| Stanislav Panin – Presentation (English) PhD Candidate, Department of Religion, Rice University; Former Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia |
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| Latin America: Judicial Perspectives | |
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| Full Session (español) |
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| Denise Posse Lindberg – Moderator Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; Judge, 3rd Judicial District, State of Utah (retired) | |
| Carlos Alberto Mahiques – Presentation (español) Judge, Cámara Federal de Casación Penal |
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| Florentin Meléndez Padilla – Presenation (español) First Magistrate, Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador |
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| Parliamentary Perspectives | |
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| Full Session (English) |
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| David M. Kirkham – Moderator Director, BYU London Centre; Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Gardenia Aisek – Presentation (English) Senator, Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia |
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| Nathan Gill – Presentation (English) Member, European Parliament |
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| Argentina | |
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| Full Session (español) |
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| Gustavo Marcelo Guillermé – Presentation (español) Vice President, Judeo Christian Islamic Foundation of the Americas |
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| David Frol – Presentation (español) Vice President, Argentine Council for Religious Liberty (CALIR) |
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| Cambodia and Sri Lanka | |
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| Full Session (English and Khmer) | |
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| J. Clifford Wallace – Moderator Chief Judge Emeritus, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Samaraweera Arachchige Nagananda – Presentation (English) Coordinating Secretary to the Secretary of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs |
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| Him Vibolrith – Presentation (Khmer) Director General, Religious Affairs Department, Ministry of Cults and Religions |
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| Aunny Ieng – Presentation (English) Former Deputy Governor of Phnom Penh, Capital City of Phnom Penh |
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| Protecting Human Dignity and Religious Freedom Through Interfaith Cooperation | |
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| Cisse Djiguiba – Presentation (English) Imam, The Mosque of Plateau, Abidjan |
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| Surender Singh Kandhari – Presentation (English) Director, Guru Nanak Darbar, Dubai |
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| Brazil: Part II | |
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| Full Session (português) |
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| José Bizon – Presentation (português) Ecclesiastical Advisor for Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue, Archdiocese of São Paulo; Director, Casa da Reconciliação |
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| Edna Zilli – Presentation (português) Attorney at Law and Director, Parliamentary Affairs, National Association of Evangelical Attorneys (ANAJURE) |
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| Edson Brandão – Presentation (português) Secretary, Comissão da Liberdade Religiosa |
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| Latin America: Fostering Human Dignity and Religious Freedom Through Civil Society | |
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| Full Session (español / português) |
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| Gary B. Doxey – Moderator Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Neydy Janet Casillas Padron – Presentation (español) Senior Counsel, Organization of American States (OAS) and Latin America, Alliance Defending Freedom International |
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| Cristian Badillo – Presentation (español) Director General, Conciencia Nacional por la Libertad Religiosa |
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| Aroldo Barreto Cavalcante Filho – Presentation (português) Attorney at Law, Barreto Cavalcante Advogados; J. Reuben Clark Law Society Area Director - South America |
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| Japan and South Korea | |
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| Chae-Young Kim – Presentation (English) Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Sogang University; President, Korean Associations for Religious Studies |
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| Eiichiro Takahata Professor of Constitutional Law, Nihon University, Japan | |
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| Ghana and Botswana | |
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| Full Session (English) |
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| George Arthur – Presentation (English) Assistant Commissioner of Police; Chaplain, General Director, Ghana Police Service |
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| Muhammed Haron – Presentation (English) Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Botswana |
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