ANNUAL REPORT 2014 INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND CONTENTS RELIGION STUDIES Welcome 4 About the Center 5 Center Leadership 6-7 THE MISSION OF THE Academic Advisory Board 8 INTERNATIONAL International Advisory Council 9 CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES IS IAC Activities 10-11 TO HELP SECURE THE Student Support 12-13 BLESSINGS OF FREEDOM 2014 Annual Law and Religion Symposium 14-17 OF RELIGION AND 2014 Regional Conferences 18-25 BELIEF FOR ALL PEOPLE Certificate Training Programs 26-27 2014 Year In Review 29 Religious Freedom Annual Review 30 Publications 31 Engagement Activities 32-33 Award Recipients 34 WELCOME Dear Friends, Religious Organizations and the Law and ABOUT THE CENTER By any measure, 2014 was a busy and our landmark casebook, Law and Religion: The mission of the International Center for Law productive year for the International Center National, International, and Comparative and Religion Studies is to help secure the blessing of for Law and Religion Studies. In addition Perspectives, which is now available in freedom of religion or belief for all people to our Annual International Symposium in Chinese and Vietnamese, with Turkish in Provo, we participated in or co-organized process. more than 25 other conferences, held on In all of this we are grateful to so many One of the critical needs of our time is for greater every continent except Antarctica. partners, colleagues, volunteers, students, expertise and dialogue at the intersection where For example, in February I was invited and supporters. I want to make particular religion and belief meet law and government. We to give a keynote address at a regional mention of our International Advisory live in a world where violence related to religion is consultation in Jakarta on “Promoting the Council. This group of accomplished on the rise and where approximately three-fourths Freedom of Religion or Belief in ASEAN.” This and generous individuals has worked of the earth’s population lives in countries with high event has opened additional opportunities energetically to identify new sources of restrictions on religion. A growing body of evidence in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast financial support for the obviously extensive points to a strong correlation between protecting Asian Nations) region, home to one-tenth work we are doing. Many of them have religious freedom and increased levels of security, economic prosperity, rule of law, education, health, of the world’s population. volunteered their personal time and effort, and other social goods. In May, the Center co-organized a in addition to their means, to help make our regional conference in Stellenbosch, South international conferences a success. The International Center for Law and Religion Africa, which witnessed the organization of We are, as ever, grateful to our Studies is a global leader in contributing to religious the African Consortium for Law and Religion Academic Advisory Board, to scholars and freedom expertise. As an academic institution at Studies. ACLARS has had a quick start, with Annual Review, designed both to provide Religion Headlines” continues to win acclaim expert colleagues in countries around the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young representatives of many institutions from continuing legal education credit for from religious freedom experts worldwide. the world, to our exceptional students— University, the Center partners with universities around the continent eager to participate. lawyers and to provide information and We have launched four Facebook pages, a the Fellows, the Symposium Executive and organizations in dozens of countries each year In June we co-organized a conference resources for others interested in law and YouTube Channel, and a Twitter account, Committee, and the members of our newly to build the field of law and religion studies. in Como, Italy, “Religions and Constitutional religion issues in the US and internationally. and we are poised for a major upgrade to organized Student Management Board— Transitions in the Muslim Mediterranean: Later in the year we helped organize our websites in 2015. and to so many others who make the global Since its inception in 2000, the Center has: • Helped organize more than 300 academic The Pluralistic Moment,” which included the events to support the work of the UN This was a very busy year for print scope of our activities possible. conferences and workshops in approximately formal launch of a new Center on Religion, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion publications. In addition to our substantial The significance of religion and of 50 countries. and Belief at the time he issued his annual ongoing editorial commitment to the Oxford Law, and Economy in the Mediterranean freedom of religion or belief to modern • Engaged with thousands of scholars, Area at Como’s Insubria University. report in New York. We also continued Journal of Law and Religion, we are nearing life becomes more obvious with each government officials, and community and The Insubria Center promises to be an involvement in conferences and training completion on five major projects: the passing year. I applaud and thank all who religious leaders. important partner in the region. programs in Latin America, India, China, Brill International Encyclopedia of Law and work in support of this great principle in • Consulted on proposed legislation and Vietnam, Indonesia, and former Soviet Religion Also in June, we continued our long- , which we are co-editing; the final collaboration and friendship. constitutional amendments in 52 countries. Reception following opening session of 2014 Annual International Law and Religion Symposium standing annual tradition of co-organizing a space. 900-page volume of reports on Religion and • Produced numerous scholarly works and conference at Central European University Finally, in November we helped co- the Secular State from the 18th Quadrennial Sincerely yours, training materials on law and religion issues. in Hungary (this year’s on “Varieties of sponsor the first G20 Interfaith Summit Congress of the International Academy of • Involved more than 1,500 students in its work. Secularism”). We also hosted a conference near this year’s G20 Summit in Brisbane, Comparative Law; two volumes developed These activities build the intellectual infrastructure at Oxford University in support of the Australia. We hope to organize similar from the Third Conference of International of religious freedom necessary for the adoption and Oxford Journal of Law and Religion. events at future G20 Summits. Consortium of Comparative Law (ICLARS), protection of sound legal policies. In July we launched a new major There is also much to report on held in Virginia in 2013; and the second initiative in Provo: The Religious Freedom publications. Our near daily “Law and editions of both our four-volume treatise 4 5 STUDIES AT BYU IS DIRECTED BY AN ESTEEMED GROUP ESTEEMED AN BY DIRECTED IS BYU AT STUDIES RELIGION AND LAW FOR CENTER INTERNATIONAL THE OF SCHOLARS AND LEGAL PROFESSIONALS. W. Cole Durham, Jr. Robert T. Smith Elizabeth A. Clark Gary B. Doxey Brett G. Scharffs David M. Kirkham Donlu D. Thayer Deborah A. Wright Director Managing Director Associate Director Associate Director Associate Director & Associate Dean Senior Fellow Senior Editor Coordinator and Administrative Assistant W. Cole Durham, Jr., is the founder and As managing director since 2006, Robert Since the Center’s founding in 2000, Professor Gary Doxey joined the Center Brett Scharffs is associate dean at the David Kirkham, a professor in the BYU Donlu Thayer is the Center’s senior With the Center since 2001, Deborah director of the International Center for Smith oversees the functions and activities Professor Elizabeth Clark has helped in 2005 and serves as regional advisor law school, Francis R. Kirkham Professor Department of Political Science, came editor, with responsibility for print and Wright supervises the administrative Law and Religion Studies. A graduate of the Center. He is also the Center’s organize and execute dozens of activities for Latin America. He also heads the of Law, and associate director of the to the Center in July 2007 from the electronic publications, including the Law staff and coordinates the activities of of Harvard College and Harvard Law regional advisor for Africa and the United around the world. In addition to co- Center’s development effort. He has Center. Professor Scharffs’ teaching and George C. Marshall European Center and Religion Headline News sent daily to all Center personnel. The organization School, Professor Durham has had a States. Before joining the law school, authoring numerous publications, she has co-authored several commentaries scholarly interests include comparative for Security Studies in Germany, where subscribers worldwide. She is Associate and scheduling of the Center’s many distinguished career in comparative Professor Smith served as executive been the lead drafter of several amicus on draft legislation, and a number of law and religion, philosophy of law, and he was associate dean and professor Editor for the Oxford Journal of Law and conferences, on BYU campus and all law scholarship, with specific emphasis vice-president and general counsel to a briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs in Latin America. He also international business law. He graduated of International Politics and Democratic Religion, for which she has authored around the world, fall upon her capable on comparative constitutional and technology company, and as chairman and has provided expert commentary on teaches in the History Department at from Georgetown University with a Studies. He previously was on the faculty more than 35 case notes. She is editorial shoulders, including logistics, travel, and church-state law. He currently serves as of the Corporate and Tax Department at pending legislation in several countries. BYU. Professor Doxey’s career has been B.S.B.A in international business and of the U.S. Air Force Academy.