Center News & Events

COVID-19, Religion and Belief webinar series concludes

July 2020

Fourteen episodes available to view

Elizabeth Clark participates in consultation with Kazakhstan government

July 1, 2020

Scharffs' chapter published in Vietnamese

July  2020

The Review of Faith & International Affairs

Religious Freedom in the Pandemic

May 25-29, 2020 Religious Freedom Week in Brazil

Gary Doxey participating

ICLRS recognized as Civil Society Organization

March 12, 2020

Azerbaijani Delegation visits BYU

March 10, 2020

American and Caribbean Ambassadors gather to discuss Human Dignity

February 24, 2020

Brussels, Belgium

Religious Freedom Working Group--U.S. State Department and Kazakh delegation

February 10-11, 2020

Washington, D.C.

Briefing on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security: New Policy Guidance from the OSCE

February 11, 2020

Washington, D.C.

A Discussion on the new publication "Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security: Policy Guidance”

February 10, 2020

Washington, D.C.

Planning Workshop: From Persecution to Inclusion

January 31, 2020

Provo, Utah

Law and Religious Communities in Africa

January 19-22, 2020

Durban, South Africa

Lecture: Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Second Annual DFW Summit on Religious Freedom

October 24, 2019, Dallas, TX

Eastern Europe Regional Conference

October 23-25, 2019

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Central America Regional Conference

October 21-30, 2019

Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama

“Never Again”: What Can Be Done to Prevent and Address Religious Persecution?

October 11, 2019, Newseum, Washington, DC

26th Annual Law and Religion Symposium

October 6-8, 2019, Provo, Utah

BYU Education Week

Elizabeth Clark and Matthew Richards speak on religious freedom challenges.

Third International Forum on Law and Religion

July 31, 2019: Philippines

Young Scholars Fellowship on Religion and the Rule of Law

July 22-August 10, 2019

Christ Church College, Oxford

Religious Persecution in the World Today: Diagnoses, Prognoses, Treatments, Cures

August 2-3, 2019: Christ Church College, Oxford

Human Dignity in Religion Traditions

July 30-31, 2019 Christ Church College, Oxford

Human Digntiy from Judges' Perspective

July 24-25, 2019

Pembroke College, Oxford

July 16-18, 2019 Washington, DC

Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom

July 15, 2019 Washington, DC

Exploring Declarations from around the World that Promote Human Dignity and Religious Freedom for All

June 27-28, 2019 Medellin, Colombia

49th General Assembly of the Organization of American States

June 19-20, 2019

Religious Freedom Annual Review: “Religious Freedom for a New Generation”

June 7-9, 2019

6th G20 Interfaith Forum, “Peace, People, Planet: Pathways Forward”, Tokyo Japan

May 19-22, 2019

Seventh Annual Law and Religion in Africa Conference: Law, Religion, and Environment in Africa
Gaborone, Botswana

April 23-25, 2019

Regional Conference, Tolerance in the Context of Legislative and Judicial Systems, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

April 11, 2019

Hatch Center hosts its first Religious Freedom Symposium: “Religious Liberty Deserves Attention”

March 2019, Philadelphia, PA

Elizabeth Clark participates on religious liberty panel at the National Constitution Center

March 2019, Bologna, Italy

BYU Law Students win at EUARE 2019 Moot Court Competition

February 2019: Mexico

Inter-American Forum of Collaboration and Interfaith Dialogue on Religious Freedom

February 2019, Pretoria

4th CRL Rights Commission National Consultative Conference

Feb. 2019, India

SACRALS  Conference – UDHR in Its 8th Decade : Fostering Dignity and Equality

Jan. 2019, Rome

Religious Voices, Human Dignity, and the Making of Modern Human Rights Law

Jan. 2019: BYU Law

Emmanuel Amirikau named first Stirling Fellow