The Fifteenth Annual International Law and Religion Symposium
International Protection of Religious Freedom: National Implementation
A Symposium Held at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
October 5–7, 2008
Sponsored by: The International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University The J. Reuben Clark Law School Table of Contents 3
Sunday, October 5 5
Monday, October 6 6
Monday, October 6 7
Tuesday, October 7 8
Tuesday, October 7 9
Monday 10.15 – 11.30 Concurrent Sessions 10
Monday 15.00 – 16.00 Concurrent Sessions 11
Tuesday 10.30 – 11.20 Concurrent Sessions 12
Tuesday 11.30 – 12.30 Concurrent Sessions 13
Tuesday 14.00 – 15.00 Concurrent Sessions 14
2nd Floor Map 17
3rd Floor Map 19
Alphabetical List of Participants 20 4 Sunday, October 5 5
19.00 – 20.30 Opening Session J. Reuben Clark Law School, Room 303
Welcoming Remarks: James D. Gordon III, Interim Dean, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Sandra Rogers, International Vice President, Brigham Young University
Introduction: W. Cole Durham, Jr., Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University; Vice-President, International Academy for Freedom of Religion and Belief
Opening Addresses: Dr. ZHOU Xinping, Director, Institue of World Religions, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Center for the Study of Christianity Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Former Governor, State of Utah
20.30 – 22.00 Reception Howard W. Hunter Law Library
6 Monday, October 6 Monday, October 6 7
8.30 – 10.00 First Plenary Session: 13.30 – 14.45 Second Plenary Session: J. Reuben Clark Law School, Room 303 “Emerging Challenges: Regional Perspectives” Welcome: Cecil O. Samuelson, President, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Room 303 Brigham Young University
Moderator: Brett G. Scharffs Introduced by: James D. Gordon III, Interim Abdul Fatah Salah, J. Clifford Wallace, Monica Dean, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Herman Salem Caggiano, Syed Saif Mahmood Young University Questions and Discussion
“Evolving International Approaches” 14.45 – 15.00 Break Moderator: Robert T. Smith Jorge Precht, Setsu Kobayashi, Hüseyin Levent 15.00 – 16.00 Concurrent Regional Sessions Köker Questions and Discussion Session II. 205 JRCB 10.00 – 10.15 Break Session XIV. 10.15 – 11.30 Concurrent Regional Sessions 206 JRCB Session XVII. Session XVI. 208 JRCB 303 JRCB Session I. 205 JRCB Session XII. 206 JRCB
Session XIII. 303 JRCB
11.45 – 13.30 Lunch for Conference Delegates and Invited guests Room 3220-24 Wilkinson Center 8 Tuesday, October 7 Tuesday, October 7 9
9.00 – 10.15 Third Plenary Session: 14.00 – 15.00 Concurrent Regional Sessions “Religious Perspectives: Views from the Session IV. 205 JRCB Catholic and Orthodox Traditions” J. Reuben Clark Law School, Room 303 Session IX. 206 JRCB Moderators: Elizabeth A. Sewell, Session VIII. Mark L. Movsesian 303 JRCB Vladimir Filipovich Fedorov, Yuri Yurchik, Nikos Mahgioros, P. Evaldo Xavier Gomes 15.00 – 15.15 Break Questions and Discussion 15.15 – 17.00 Fourth Plenary Session: 10.15 – 10.30 Break Moderator: W. Cole Durham, Jr. 10.30 – 11.20 Concurrent Regional Sessions Session V. “Implementing the Universal Declaration 205 JRCB of Human Rights: U.S. Foreign Policy Perspectives” Session XV. 206 JRCB Michael K. Young
Session VI. “The U.S. International Religious 303 JRCB Freedom Act after Ten Years” 11.30 – 12.30 Concurrent Regional Sessions David Rodarmel Session X. 208 JRCB Conference Summation and Concluding Reflections on Conference Themes Session III. J. Reuben Clark Law School, Room 303 205 JRCB Session XI. 206 JRCB Session VII. 303 JRCB
12.45 – 14.00 Lunch for Conference Delegates and Invited guests Room 3220-24 Wilkinson Center 10 Monday 10.15 – 11.30 Concurrent Sessions Monday 15.00 – 16.00 Concurrent Sessions 11
Room Sessions and Presenters Room Sessions and Presenters
English will be offered in all rooms English will be offered in all rooms
205 JRCB Session I 205 JRCB Session II Moderator: Scott E. Isaacson Moderator: Richard Johnson Octavio Lo Prete Raúl Jorge Scialabba Sergio González Sandoval Fabian Alexander Salazar Guerrero Salvador Beltran del Río Madrid Jose Eugenio Trasloheros Hernández Gabriel Orellana Rojas Español se ofrecerá en el aula 205 Português estará disponível na Sala 205 Español se ofrecerá en el aula 205 Português estará disponível na Sala 205 206 JRCB Session XII Moderator: David M. Kirkham 206 JRCB Session XIV V.S. Giri Reddy Moderator: Chad Emmett Paul Carrese Thomas Floentuis Edison Taffazul H. Rizvi Parlindungan Purba Javaid Rehman Rustom Minocher Ghadiali
會議中將提供（語言）服務 206 會議中將提供（語言）服務 206 日本語の通訳は部屋 206 にあります。 日本語の通訳は部屋 206 にあります。 {¬PasaExµr¦ nwgRtUv)anpþl;[enAkñúgbnÞb;}206 {¬PasaExµr¦ nwgRtUv)anpþl;[enAkñúgbnÞb;} 206 Bahasa Indonesia akan disediakan di Ruang 206 Монгол хэлээр ѳрѳѳндѳѳ сонгох боломжтой 206 Монгол хэлээр ѳрѳѳндѳѳ сонгох боломжтой 206 Bahasa Indonesia akan disediakan di Ruang 206
208 JRCB Session XVII 303 JRCB Session XVI Moderator: A. Keith Thompson Moderator: Jonathon Tichy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum Karol Porubcin David Lambourne Yuri Reshetnikov Thomas Sutcliffe Denise Meyerson Перевод на русский язык осуществляется в комнате 303 Čeština bude k dispozici v místnosti 303 303 JRCB Session XIII Le francais sera disponible dans la salle 303 Moderator: Richard H. Page Português estará disponível na Sala 303 Natalya Alexandrovna Pronina Elena Gennadyevna Romanova Lev Simkin
Перевод на русский язык осуществляется в комнате 303 Čeština bude k dispozici v místnosti 303 Le francais sera disponible dans la salle 303 Português estará disponível na Sala 303 12 Tuesday 10.30 – 11.20 Concurrent Sessions Tuesday 11.30 – 12.30 Concurrent Sessions 13
Room Sessions and Presenters Room Sessions and Presenters
English will be offered in all rooms English will be offered in all rooms
205 JRCB Session V 205 JRCB Session III Moderator: Arlen Woffiden Moderator: Greg Clark Humberto Jacques de Medieros José Saúl Bravo Oroslinda Tranato Goulart Felipe Adrian Abril Mogrovejo Marcelo Antonia Moscogliato Emilio Camacho Héctor Zelaya Español se ofrecerá en el aula 205 Português estará disponível na Sala 205 Español se ofrecerá en el aula 205 Português estará disponível na Sala 205 206 JRCB Session XV Moderator: Keith Allred 206 JRCB Session XI Zagdiin Tumenjargal Moderator: Michael L. Jensen Sujata Koirala WEI Hong Khun Haing 會議中將提供（語言）服務 206 Seng Hour Penh 日本語の通訳は部屋 206 にあります。 {¬PasaExµr¦ nwgRtUv)anpþl;[enAkñúgbnÞb;} 206 會議中將提供（語言）服務 206 Монгол хэлээр ѳрѳѳндѳѳ сонгох боломжтой 206 日本語の通訳は部屋 206 にあります。 Bahasa Indonesia akan disediakan di Ruang 206 {¬PasaExµr¦ nwgRtUv)anpþl;[enAkñúgbnÞb;} 206 Монгол хэлээр ѳрѳѳндѳѳ сонгох боломжтой 206 Bahasa Indonesia akan disediakan di Ruang 206 303 JRCB Session VI Moderator: Patrick Thurston Jean Wilfred Bertrand 208 JRCB Session X Francisco Cruz Pascual Moderator: David A. Westerby Julio Anibal Suárez Carlos Machile Oluremi Olabimpe Akinsoji Перевод на русский язык осуществляется в комнате 303 Helena Van Coller Čeština bude k dispozici v místnosti 303 Le francais sera disponible dans la salle 303 Português estará disponível na Sala 208 Português estará disponível na Sala 303 Español se ofrecerá en el aula 303 303 JRCB Session VII Moderator: John A. Zackrison Hans Gerald Hödl Steffen Rink
Перевод на русский язык осуществляется в комнате 303 Čeština bude k dispozici v místnosti 303 Le francais sera disponible dans la salle 303 14 Tuesday 14.00 – 15.00 Concurrent Sessions 15
Room Sessions and Presenters
English will be offered in all rooms
205 JRCB Session IV Moderator: David Channer Guillermo Garcia Montufar Cesar Jose Bernabe Perez José Maria Gómez Villaseñor
Español se ofrecerá en el aula 205 Português estará disponível na Sala 205
206 JRCB Session IX Moderator: Kevin Duncan Maria Elisa Sempio Diy Florin T. Hilbay
會議中將提供（語言）服務 206 日本語の通訳は部屋 206 にあります。 {¬PasaExµr¦ nwgRtUv)anpþl;[enAkñúgbnÞb;} 206 Монгол хэлээр ѳрѳѳндѳѳ сонгох боломжтой 206 Bahasa Indonesia akan disediakan di Ruang 206
303 JRCB Session VIII Moderator: John Phillips Sheik Abdullah Nu’man Alsadig Khalafalla Ameer Ali
Перевод на русский язык осуществляется в комнате 303 Čeština bude k dispozici v místnosti 303 Le francais sera disponible dans la salle 303 Português estará disponível na Sala 303 303 16 2nd Floor Map 17 18 3rd Floor Map 19 20 Alphabetical List of Participants 21
A Cruz Pascual, Francisco, Administration General Secretary, Dominican Republic Senate, Dominican Republic Abril Mogrovejo, Felipe Adriano, Under Secretary of Political Coordination, Ministry of Government, Religion and Police, Ecuador
Akinsoji, Oluremi Olabimpe, Assistant Director, Federal Ministry of D Interior, Nigeria de Medeiros, Humberto Jacques, Regional Procurator, National Ali, Ameer, Professor, Murdoch University Centre for Muslim Studies, Public Ministry, Brazil Australia del Río Madrid, Salvador Beltrán, Director General de Asociaciones Allred, Keith J., Senior Trial Judge, Western Judicial Circuit, Religiosas, Secretaría de Gobernación, Mexico United States Diy, Maria Elisa Sempio, Judge, Regional Trial Court, QC Branch Anibal Suárez, Julio, Judge, Supreme Court, Dominican Republic 225, Philippines
Duncan, Kevin, Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion B Studies at Brigham Young University, United States Bernabe Perez, Cesar Jose, National Director, Ministry of Justice, Peru Durham, Jr., W. Cole, Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law and Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Bertrand, Jean Wilfred, General Director, National Archives of Haiti, Brigham Young University, United States Haiti E C Edison, Thomas Florentuis, Directorate General, Christian Caggiano, Monica Herman Salem, Professor of Law, Department of Community Guidance, Department of Religious Affairs, Republic of Public Law, University of São Paulo, Brazil Indonesia, Indonesia
Camacho, Emilio, Senator, President of the Constitutional Affairs Emmet, Chad, Associate Professor of Geography, Brigham Young Committee, National Senate of Paraguay, Paraguay University, United States Carrese, Paul, Professor, United States Air Force Academy, United States F Channer, David, Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, United States Fedorov, Vladimir Filipovich, Rev. Dr., Russian Christian Academy for Humanity, Russia Clark, Greg, Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, United States 22 23
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Garcia Montufar, Guillermo, Attorney of Law/Professor, University of Jensen, Michael L., Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Lima, Peru Studies at Brigham Young University, United States
Ghadiali, Rustom Minocher, President, The Parsi Zoroastrian Johnson, Richard, Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Association of Singapore, Singapore Studies at Brigham Young University, United States
Gómez Villaseñor, José Maria, National Department of Properties Used by Religious Associations, Mexico K
González Sandoval, Sergio, Lawyer/ Professor, Military University of Khalafalla, Alsadig, Executive Director, Virginia Institute for Peace, New Granada and the Free University of Colombia, Colombia Virginia Center for Public Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States Goulart , Oroslinda Taranto, Special Advisor to the Minister of Education, Ministry of Education, Brazil Kirkham, David M., Senior Fellow for Comparative Law and International Policy, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, United States H Kobayashi, Setsu, Director, Keio University Legal Research and Haing, Khun, Senior Minister, Ministry of Cults and Religions, Training Center, Japan Cambodia Köker, Hüseyin Levent, Professor, Doctor, Gazi University, Turkey Hilbay, Florin T. , Assistant Professor of Law, University of the Philippines College of Law, Philippines Koirala, Sujata, Cabinet Minister, Nepali Congress, Nepal
Hödl, Hans Gerald, Privatdozent Dr. Mag., Vice-Director of Study- Programme, University of Vienna, Institute for the Study of Religions, L Austria Lambourne, David, Solicitor-General, Office of the Attorney General, Hong, WEI, Professor of Law, China National School of Kiribati Administration, People’s Republic of China Leavitt, Michael O., Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, United States I Lo Prete, Octavio, Professor/Secretary, University of Buenos Aires Isaacson, Scott E. , Executive Director for Latin America, International and Catholic University of Argentina; Argentine Council for Religious Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, Liberty (CALIR), Argentina United States 24 25
M Phillips, John, Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, United States Machile, Carlos, National Director/Professor, Ministry of Justice/ Pedagogic University, Mozambique Porubcin, Karol, Manager, Department of Church Affairs, Slovakia
Maghioros, Nikos, Assistant Professor of Canon and Ecclesiastical Precht, Jorge, Professor of Public Law, Catholic University of Chile, Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Chile
Mahmood, Syed Saif, Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Senior Pronina, Natalya Alexandrovna, Deputy Head, Ministry of Justice of Partner, Amicus Juris Law Firm, India the Russian Federation, Russia
Meyerson, Denise, Professor of Law, Macquarie University, Australia Purba, Parlindungan, Member of the House of Representatives, Republic of Indonesia, Indonesian Parliament, Indonesia Moscogliato, Marcelo Antonio, Federal Prosecutor, Regional Procurator, National Public Ministry, Brazil R Movsesian, Mark L., Frederick A. Whitney Professor, St. John’s Reddy, V.S. Giri, Media Coordinator, All-India Congress Committee, University School of Law, United States India
N Rehman, Javaid, Professor, Brunel University, United Kingdom
Nu’man, Sheikh Abdullah, Deputy Head, Islamic Community of Reshetnikov, Yuri, Assistant of a Member of Parliament, Parliament Serbia, Serbia of Ukraine, Ukraine
Rink, Steffen, Dipl.-Pol., Religious Studies Media and Information O Service, Germany
Orellana Rojas, Gabriel, Professor/Attorney at Law, Gabriel Orellana Rizvi, Taffazul H., Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan, Pakistan Rojas & Associados, Guatemala Rochow, Neville, Barrister at Law, Howard Zelling Chambers, P Australia
Page, Richard H., Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Rodarmel, David, Foreign Service Officer/Europe Team Leader, Office Studies at Brigham Young University, United States of International Religious Freedom, United States
Penh, Seng Hour, Assistant to the Senior Minister, Ministry of Cults Romanova, Elena Gennadyevna, Consultant for Religious and and Religions, Cambodia Ethno Culture, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Russia 26 27
S Thurston, Patrick, Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, United States Salah, Abdul Fatah, Minister, Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Jordan Tichy, Johnathan T., Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, United Sates Salazar Guerrero, Fabian Alexander, Coordinator, Center of Theological and Religious Studies, Universidad del Rosario, Trasloheros Hernández, Jorge Eugenio, Ph.D, Institute of Historical Colombia Investigations, National Antonymous University of Mexico, Mexico
Saúl Bravo, José, Advisor, Office of the Secretary General of the Tumenjargal, Zagdiin, Advisor to the President of Mongolia, Office of Presidency, National Office of Religious Affairs, Chile the President of Mongolia, Mongolia
Sayed-Khaiyum, Aiyaz, Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Electoral Reform, Public Enterprises and Anti-Corruption, V Government of Fiji, Fiji Van Coller, Helena, Senior Lecturer, Rhodes University, South Africa Scharffs, Brett G., Professor of Law, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, W United States Wallace, J. Clifford, Chief Judge Emeritus, U.S. Court of Appeals for Scialabba, Raúl Jorge, President, Argentine Council for Religious the Ninth Circuit, United States Liberty (CALIR), Argentina Westerby, David, Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Sewell, Elizabeth A., Associate Director, International Center for Law Studies at Brigham Young University, United States and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, United States Woffiden, Arlen, Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Simkin, Lev, Attorney at Law, Latham and Watkins, Russia Studies at Brigham Young University, United States
Smith, Robert T., Managing Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, United States X
Sutcliffe, Thomas, Barrister, Thackeray Chambers, New Zealand Xavier Gomes, P. Evaldo, PhD Fr, Carmelite Order, Italy
Xinping, ZHOU, Director, Professor, Institute of World T Religions,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, People’s Republic of China Thompson, A. Keith, Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, United States 28 Notes 29
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Young, Michael, President, University of Utah, United States Yurchik, Yuriy, Archbishop of Donetsk, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Patriarchate of Kiev, Ukraine
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Zackrison, John A., Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, United States
Zelaya, Héctor , Professor of Philosophy and Theology, Honduras Department of Religious Affairs, Honduras 30 Notes Notes 31