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 6 CENTER LEADERSHIP Ovidius University in Constanţa, Romania. he received an honorary doctorate from Center in Richmond,Virginia, andin2013 Freedom AwardbytheFirst he was awarded the International First In2009 and religion. law of field the in has authored numerous important works the Milan, Italy, and is co-editor-in-chief of for LawandReligionStudies, based in president ofthe International Consortium church-state law. He currentlyserves as on comparative constitutional and emphasis specific with scholarship, law distinguished career in comparative School, Professor Durham has had a of HarvardCollegeandLaw Law andReligionStudies. A graduate director oftheInternational Center for W. ColeDurham, Jr., isthefounderand Director W. ColeDurham,Jr. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion. He and Oxford JournalofLaw in accounting. laude) andabachelor’sdegreefrom BYU University of Notre Dame (magna cum Previously he earned an MBA from the editor-in-chief of the to the Order of the Coif and served as Clark LawSchool,wherehe was named cum laude graduate of the J. Reuben Chicago, IL.Professor Smith isamagna practicing taxlawinWashington D.C and after &McConkie Kirton of firm law the of the Corporate and Tax Department at technology company, and as chairman vice-president and general counsel to a Professor Smith served as executive States. Before joining the law school, regional advisor for Africa and the United of the Center. He is also the Center’s Smith oversees the functions and activities As managing director since 2006, Robert Managing Director Robert T.Smith BYU LawReview. Russian, Czech,GermanandFrench. BYU LawReview. Professor Clark speaks Law Schoolandwas editor-in-chief of the graduated summa cum laude from BYU She D.C. Washington, in Platt & Brown Mayer, of firm the with litigation appellate law school, Professor Clark specialized in Religion Symposium. Before joining the Center’s annual International Law and and CentralEuropemanages the Eastern in efforts Center’s the leads She pending legislation in several countries. and has provided expertcommentary on briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court been the lead drafter of several amicus authoring numerous publications, she has around the world. In addition toco- organize and execute dozens of activities Professor Elizabeth Clark has helped Since the Center’s founding in 2000, Associate Director Elizabeth A.Clark authored severalscholarlypublications. or readsseverallanguages and has University and a J.D. from BYU. He speaks He has a Ph.D. in History from Cambridge general counsel to theUtahLegislature. as associate and institutions financial of Walker, serving as deputy commissioner Utah governors, Mike Leavitt and Olene to counsel general and staff of chief was service. Prior tojoining the law school, he between academia divided and public BYU. Professor Doxey’s career has been teaches in theHistoryDepartmentat amicus briefs inLatinAmerica.Healso on draft legislation, and a number of has He co-authored several commentaries effort. development Center’s for LatinAmerica.Healsoheads the in 2005 and serves as regional advisor Professor GaryDoxeyjoinedtheCenter Associate Director Gary B.Doxey articles andbookchapters. Vietnam. He has written more than 50 law andeducationprograms in China and and isaregularcontributingscholarin Central European University inBudapest He is a visiting professor each year at Journal Law was senior editorofthe Yale his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he earned a B.Phil in philosophy. He received Scholar atOxfordUniversity,wherehe an M.A. in philosophy. He was a Rhodes B.S.B.A in international business and from Georgetown Universitywitha international business law. He graduated law and religion, philosophy of law, and scholarly interests include comparative and teaching Scharffs’ Professor Center. of Law, and associate director of the Professor Kirkham R. Francis atthe school, law dean associate is Scharffs Brett Associate Director&Dean Brett G.Scharffs . Centre, beginningJuly2015. been named director ofBYU’s London George Washington University. Hehas French and German and holds a Ph.D., forty nations on six continents. He speaks United States and the UN in more than the represented officially has He Africa). United Nations (with duties primarilyin activities for the U.S. government and the international negotiations and diplomatic his government service, he conducted of the U.S. Air ForceAcademy. During Studies. He previously was on the faculty of InternationalPoliticsandDemocratic he was associate deanandprofessor for Security Studies in Germany, where George C. Marshall European Center to the Center inJuly2007 from the Department of Political Science, came BYU the in professor a Kirkham, David Senior Fellow David M.Kirkham M.A,. andJ.D.degreesfromBYU. B.A., holds and mediation, high-conflict certified a is She Program. Honors and a teacher in BYU’s English Department long careerasawriterandeditor, Prior to joining the Center, Donlu had a produced bythe Center and its personnel. scholarly worksandamicuscuriaebriefs has Donlu helped writeoreditessentially all major 2009, in Center the joining Encyclopedia ofLawandReligion. Since manager for the forthcoming Brill World more than 35 case notes. She is editorial Religion, Editor for the She subscribers worldwide. is Associate and ReligionHeadlineNewssentdailyto electronic publications, including theLaw editor, withresponsibilityforprintand Donlu ThayeristheCenter’ssenior Senior Editor Donlu D.Thayer for which she has authored Oxford JournalofLawand
utterly dependentuponher. class gathering. EveryoneattheCenteris visitors, all combine toproduceaworld- faculty, students, delegates, hosts, and year-round and coordination of events, facilities, and the in organization, planning, communication, efforts tireless without Deborah’s competence. Her Religion Symposiumwouldbeimpossible of theannual International Law and Most especially, the continued success accommodations all around the world. shoulders, including logistics, travel, and around the world, fall upon her capable conferences, on BYU campus and all and schedulingoftheCenter’smany of the activities all Center personnel. The organization coordinates and staff Wright supervises the administrative With theCentersince2001, Deborah Coordinator andAdministrativeAssistant Deborah A.Wright
OF SCHOLARS AND LEGAL PROFESSIONALS. PROFESSIONALS. LEGAL AND SCHOLARS OF
STUDIES AT BYU IS DIRECTED BY AN ESTEEMED GROUP GROUP ESTEEMED AN BY DIRECTED IS BYU AT STUDIES THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION RELIGION AND LAW FOR CENTER INTERNATIONAL THE 7 ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Members of the International Advisory Council (IAC) play critical roles in promoting the cause of religious freedom worldwide. The members of the IAC host international delegates at the Center’s annual The Center is honored by the distinguished service of globally symposium in Provo, travel to many parts of the world to participate in important religious conferences, and generously share their time, talents, and resources to move the work forward. recognized scholars who comprise its Academic Advisory Board.
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS IAC LEADERSHIP IAC EXECUTIVE Allen & Denise Alexander Stan & Susan Martineau COMMITTEE Gary & Lynn Anderson Carlos & Vania Martins Brent & Cheri Andrus Reid & Melanie Moon Lynn Anderson William F. & Ann B. Atkin David & Linda Nearon Douglas Bush Frank & Jacklyn Bakker Jeff & Janet Nelson David Christensen Angus & Christi Belliston William & Christine Nelson David Colton Bradley & Ann Botteron Robert & Joy Orton Mark Cressler Douglas R. & Ann M. Bush David & Georgia Owens Duane Madsen Professor Sophie van Bijsterveld Reverend Doctor Kim-Kwong Chan Professor Carolyn Evans Professor Silvio Ferrari Sheldon & Joan Child Robert & Catherine Pedersen Tilburg University, The Netherlands Executive Secretary, Hong Kong Christian Council Dean of the Law School, University of Melbourne Università degli Studi di Milano David Nearon William & Patricia Child Wayne & Robyn Petty Member, Dutch Upper House of Parliament Hong Kong, China Melbourne, Australia Milan, Italy Linda Nearon Craig & Shawna Christensen Margaret Pope David Christensen Duane Madsen Erlyn Gould Madsen David Colton Milton Shipp David & Mary Christensen Bruce & Sara Robinson Chair Immediate Past Chair Center Historian Membership Chair Bryce Wade Jordan W. & Julie F. Clements Milton & Heidi Shipp S. David & Julie Colton Gregg & Sharon Slater John P. (Phil) & Barbara Colton Smith Family Foundation Sterling & Eleanor Colton Scott & Betsy Thornton Jim & Sandy Cook Noel & Carrie Vallejo Lew & Barbara Cramer Bryce & Peggy Wade Mark & Janette Cressler Stephen & Marcia Wade Gary & Ann Crocker Blake & Leslie Walker Ralph & Mary Dewsnup Mark & Laura Willes Professor Mohammad Hashim Kamali Professor Tore Lindholm Dr. Liu Peng Professor Juan G. Navarro Floria Professor Tahir Mahmood Jon & Colleen Dibble Larry & Lynda Wilson International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Norwegian Centre for Human Rights Pu Shi Institute for Social Science Pontificia Universidad Católica Founder and Chairman, Amity University Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Oslo, Norway Beijing, China Buenos Aires, Argentina Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, New Delhi, India Richard & Christena Durham Ken & Athelia Woolley Blair & Sue Garff Wayne & Connie Hancock EMERITUS MEMBERS Ralph & Carol Hardy Simon & Susan Gibson King & Diane Husein Wilford W. & Kathleen Andersen Raymond & Jill Johnson Craig A. & Deborah Cardon Woody & Page Johnson Bruce C. & Marie Hafen Helen Leon Chris & Allison Jones David & Nancy LeSueur Bill & Donna Marriott David & Bianca Lisonbee Richard & Nancy Marriott Kent & Karen Lundquist Dennis & Joni Kay Neuenschwander
Professor Javier Martínez-Torrón Professor Gerhard Robbers Professor Rik Torfs Professor Juan Carlos A. Valderrama Duane & Erlyn Madsen James & Bonnie Pollock Universidad Complutense Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Rector, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Universidad Católica Madrid, Spain Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Leuven, Belgium Lima, Peru 8 9 IAC ACTIVITIES SPRING MEETING The Annual Spring Meeting of the International Advisory Council took place in Salt Lake City April 3-4. The focus was “Religious Freedom in a Changing World.” Elder Bruce C. Hafen, emeritus General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, opened the event with an address “Family Law, Marriage, and the Temple.” The following day’s business included briefings about emerging issues in religious freedom and developments around the world. COMO, ITALY From May 28 to June 6 IAC members traveled to Italy to participate in the “IAC Italy Study Group: The Legacy of Lorenzo Snow.” BYU Law School Dean Jim Rasband, Professors Cole Durham and Jim Toronto, and Deborah Wright accompanied the group as they toured Florence, the Cinque Terre, the Piedmont region, and beautiful Lake Como. They participated in a conference on law and religion in the Muslim Mediterranean and witnessed the launch of a new center at Insubria University in Como dedicated to law, religion, and the economy in the Mediterranean region. SYMPOSIUM The International Advisory Council gathered in Provo, Utah for the 21st Annual International Law and Religion Symposium, where they helped befriend and host more than 80 VIP delegates attending the symposium from 40 different nations. The symposium’s theme was “Varieties of Secularism, Religion, and the Law.” Members of the IAC gathered for their own special devotional with Elder Robert F. Orton, an emeritus General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 10 11 The success of the International Law and Religion Symposium each year is due in STUDENT INVOLVEMENT large part to the planning and performance of the Student Executive Committee. These 15-20 students from BYU Law School coordinate and oversee the schedule The ICLRS Student Research Fellows program invites students The Center Student Management Board is composed of second- and of all symposium events, including delegate schedules. They recruit, organize, and following one year at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young third-year BYU Law students selected for their interest in the worldwide supervise dozens of student volunteers and coordinate campus-wide events for University, to participate in international externships and guided work of the Center and for expertise in such areas as research, writing, delegates. The transportation team schedules and coordinates the work of volunteer individual research projects. Fellows gain practical experience as well editing, languages, and website management. Board members assist drivers, and themselves spend many hours on the road, assuring that all delegates as significant research and writing experience, important for launching with Center research and writing projects, and they may accompany are transported safely to and from the airport and among the various symposium and sustaining their careers, while enjoying opportunities for personal Center personnel to conferences, where they assist in organization, activities in Provo and Salt Lake City. The concierge team oversees the many details encounters with global leaders in the field of religious freedom, all the concierge duties, photography, interpretation and translation, and involved in hosting delegates and other symposium attendees. The documents while offering vital service to the work of the Center and to the cause of preparation of reports for the Center’s websites. team gathers delegate presentations and distributes them to translators, compiles religious freedom worldwide. moderator packets, prepares documents for publication, and oversees many other details of the symposium paperwork before, during, and after the event.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA (2) OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM KRAKOW, POLAND
FRANKFURT, GERMANY
SALT LAKE CITY, UNITED STATES (2) BEIJING, CHINA
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (2) HONG KONG, CHINA (2) SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DA NANG, VIETNAM ACCRA, GHANA Management Board Members
Research Fellows SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (2) AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
12 13 TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RELIGION SYMPOSIUM
More than 80 distinguished delegates from 40 countries gathered Plenary sessions of the symposium focused on secularism and social st at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, October 5-8, 2014, to tensions, different types of secularism, and the difference between 21 annual international participate in the 21st annual International Law and Religion Symposium: secularism, as an ideological end, and secularity as a framework for “Varieties of Secularism, Religion, and the Law.” The keynote speaker at pluralism. Break out sessions of the symposium considered religious
LAW AND the opening session was U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, to whom the Center freedom issues in various parts of the world, including sessions on awarded its 2014 Distinguished Service Award. Senator Hatch has had Latin America, Mexico and Brazil, Southeast Asia, Central and Western a prominent role in religious freedom legislation during his career in Europe, Australia, the Middle East and Northern Africa, East Asia, RELIGION the United States Senate over multiple decades. Of particular note, he Western Africa, Russia, Ukraine and Armenia. was a principal sponsor and mover of the landmark Religious Freedom SYMPOSIUM Restoration Act. Senator Hatch provided an interesting account of the This year’s symposium was extremely successful in large measure VARIETIES OF SECULARISM, RELIGION, AND THE LAW passage of that law, which was recently upheld in Burwell v. Hobby because of the generous support provided by the Cornerstone Lobby; and he shared several important practical, political, and legal Endowment and the help of the many volunteers, hosts, and students perspectives on religious freedom. who assisted with all aspects of the event.
OCTOBER 5-7, 2014 J. REUBEN CLARK LAW SCHOOL BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROVO, UTAH USA
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AFRICA ASIA REGIONAL CONFERENCES
SECOND ANNUAL AFRICAN LAW AND RELIGION CONFERENCE MAY 26-28, 2014 | STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA LAW AND RELIGION IN AFRICA: CONSTITUTIONAL PARAMETERS OF INDIVIDUAL
...... THE QUEST FOR THE COMMON FREEDOM: SECULARITY, PUBLIC INTEREST ...... GOOD IN PLURALISTIC SOCIETIES & SOCIAL REFORM ...... MAY 26-28, 2014, STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA NOVEMBER 8-10, 2014, NEW DELHI, INDIA ...... Scholars, government officials, religious leaders and advocates for religious freedom from diverse religious The Center joined Amity University’s Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in organizing this conference. Seven ...... STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY ...... FACULTY OF LAW AND ...... traditions throughout sub-Saharan Africa came together to discuss themes ranging from religious persecution, invited experts on law and religion from North and South America, Europe, and the Middle East joined a large FACULTY OF THEOLOGY (UNIT FOR THE STUDY OF LAW AND RELIGION, ...... BEYERS NAUDÉ CENTRE FOR PUBLIC THEOLOGY) ...... marriage and divorce, state registration of religion, and the autonomy of religious societies. The program and very distinguished panel of Indian jurists, scholars, and legal advocates in an exclusive gathering to discuss INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES, ...... J. REUBEN CLARK LAW SCHOOL, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, UNITED STATES ...... included some 60 presentations by participants from over a dozen countries. The capstone of the conference topics relating to religion, secularity, and law reform. INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES ...... was the organization of the African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, whose mission is to help create CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN ...... The Center’s collaboration with Amity University in New Delhi has its roots in our friendship with Professor JUTA & COMPANY (PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS) and nurture the field of law and religion studies in Africa. Tahir Mahmood, the founder and chair of Amity’s Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Professor Mahmood has
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LAW) UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE Law and Religion Keynote addresses by Justice Albie Sachs (Retired) and Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, both of the South served for several years on the Center’s own Academic Advisory Board. This friendship has led to numerous joint CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LAW AND RELIGION, EMORY UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA African Constitutional Court, garnered attention from South African national media. Each made an eloquent activities. The 2014 conference was particularly significant, not as a large gathering for students and scholars as UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA in AFRICA THE QUEST FOR THE COMMON GOOD plea for the advancement of religious freedom and for greater justice and morality in society. Justice Sachs’ in some other years, but because of the stature of the invited participants. This exclusive event allowed people IN PLURALISTIC SOCIETIES remarks were made more poignant by the fact that he lost an arm and much of his sight in a terrorist blast of influence to present, consider, and discuss varying points of view on the interconnection between law, rights, while pursuing justice for black Africans under apartheid. and religion in an era of changing attitudes and practices. REGIONAL CONFERENCES
18 19 REGIONAL CONFERENCES 21 EUROPE VARIETIES OF SECULARISM VARIETIES HUNGARY UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST, CENTRAL EUROPEAN MAY 23-24, 2014, Pro- Hungary. Budapest, in (CEU) University European Central with relationship long-standing a has Center The fessors Cole Durham and Brett Scharffs, among others, teach law and religion topics at CEU each spring after collaboration with in a regional conference organize also helps Provo. Each year the Center in law classes end CEU’s Legal Studies Department. The 2014 conference focused on different approaches to secularism in law explore scholars to international distinguished of group a together brought Center the 2014, In society. and Africa, South Norway, Netherlands, the Israel, Italy, India, France, Hungary, from Belgium, topics—experts these an audience of advanced international students and professors. Turkey, and the United States—before Europe. year in each activities other of variety a in engages Center the conference, regional this to addition In Budapest, Florence, in conferences and meetings in Athens, organize or participated the Center helped 2014, In focus of the Center is the role the Center’s European Oslo, Rome, and Vienna, among others. Another London, staff plays as host and editor of the important Strasbourg Consortium website: www.strasbourgconsortium. Europe. It focus- and commenting on law and religion issues throughout org. This site is dedicated to reporting of the European Court of Human Rights. es especially on the religion cases
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NOVEMBER 4-6, 2014, JAGELLONIAN UNIVERSITY, KRAKOW, POLAND 2014, JAGELLONIAN NOVEMBER 4-6, RELIGION IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION: OF GLOBALIZATION: IN THE CONTEXT RELIGION This conference brought together scholars, government officials, and civil society leaders from Eastern Europe university oldest the University, Jagellonian at freedom religious and organizations religious of role the discuss to the event as its major Eastern Europe initiative for 2014. in Eastern Europe. The Center supported University. hall at Jagellonian Collegium speaker in the historical Aulum Professor Cole Durham was the keynote a participated as and conference the to organize helping a major role in Clark played Professor Elizabeth “Religion as topics such covered which discussions, panel twelve of consisted conference the of presenter. Most Activities the of “Legal Regulation Rights”; Human Law, and of Rule Democracy, the Legal Values of European and Perspectives Problems and Education: in Society”; “The Place of Religion Modern in Organizations of Religious others. More than sixty presentations and “Religion and Mass Media”; among on Solutions in Various Countries”; were shared during the discussions by presenters from Armenia, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Great Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. Britain, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
EASTERN EUROPE EASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCES REGIONAL 20 REGIONAL CONFERENCES 23 LATIN AMERICA LATIN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE ARGENTINE COUNCIL CONGRESS OF THE ARGENTINE INTERNATIONAL IN THE 21ST LIBERTY: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR RELIGIOUS STATE, AND SOCIETY CENTURY: RELIGION, CÓRDOBA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SEPTEMBER 3-5, 2014, This impressive international event was held in the Faculty of Law and international event was held This impressive Córdoba, one of the the Universidad Nacional de Social Science of included Participants Hemisphere. Western the in universities oldest over leaders from all society civil and religious, academic, government, Congress The America. North from a few and America, Spain, Latin personal a sent Pope The Century. 21st the in freedom religious examined See spoke in session. A Cardinal from the Holy for the opening greeting Professor Durham and Cole Professor with along session, closing the Juan Navarro Floria. In addition to these conferences, Professor Gary Doxey, together with Academic Advisory Board member Juan Navarro Floria, were invited as outside experts outside as invited were Floria, Navarro Juan member Board Advisory Academic with together Doxey, Gary Professor conferences, these to addition In National Congress of the Dominican Republic. The new bill regarding religious organizations before the to attend a mark-up session of a comprehensive to the Constitutional Court of Colombia. in Costa Rica and Bolivia and provided research for a brief submitted Center also assisted with legislation THE 14TH COLLOQUIUM OF THE LATIN AMERICAN OF THE LATIN AMERICAN THE 14TH COLLOQUIUM FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: RELIGIOUS CONSORTIUM CONTEXT OF CRIMINAL LAW LIBERTY IN THE OF CORDOBA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF LAW SEPTEMBER 1-2, 2014, freedom religious strengthening in successful was colloquium The American Latin of network the building America and Latin in scholarship American Latin the with involved intimately been has experts. The Center and members of the Consortium are Consortium since the beginning, side a elsewhere. As but region own their in only experts not recognized event of cultural and religious significance, Scott Isaacson, a senior advisor for Latin America, and Professor Gary Doxey of Jesus Christ of Latter- site of The Church Cordoba Temple construction hosted a VIP tour of the day Saints.
JUNE 3-5, 2014, INSUBRIA UNIVERSITY, COMO, ITALY INSUBRIA UNIVERSITY, JUNE 3-5, 2014,
MUSLIM MEDITERRANEAN: THE PLURALISTIC MOMENT THE PLURALISTIC MEDITERRANEAN: MUSLIM RELIGIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSITIONS IN THE TRANSITIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL RELIGIONS nsubria University on beautiful Lake Como was the setting for the 2014 regional conference for the Islamic regional conference setting for the 2014 on beautiful Lake Como was the nsubria University I World, which focused on law and religion in the Muslim Mediterranean. This conference was an outgrowth of a an outgrowth This conference was law and religion in the Muslim Mediterranean. focused on World, which and another at Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco in 2013. similar conference in Como in 2010 The 2014 conference brought together scholars, to religious freedom: related North Africa, and southern Europe to discuss three basic questions East, Middle government officials, and civil society leadersto several parties, and the status of religious minorities. In addition constitutionalism, the role of religious from the the and Italy, on one discussions: panel series of a of mainly consisted conference speakers, the individual others on countries affected by the recent political and social turmoilin the the venue for the impetus and and Jordan. This conference also provided Egypt, Turkey, Palestine, Algeria, Middle East: Tunisia, Morocco, and religion studies in the Muslim Mediterranean: The a new academic center dedicated to law launching Italy and Economy in the Mediterranean Area, Insubria University, Como, Insubria Center on Religion, Law, become a regular partner on religion-law activities in the region. (REDESM). This center promises to
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addresses this challenge by enabling prominent politicians and religious religious politicians and this challenge by enabling prominent addresses being held in Brisbane in November 2014 aims at promoting global development November 2014 aims at promoting Brisbane in held in being Religious Freedom and the Unleashing of Social Capital and the Unleashing Freedom Religious in Development Factors Social Cohesion and Economic Religion, Interfaith Cooperation through Finding Economic Synergies AITH T I AUSTRALIA F • • • M PACIFIC M G20 Interfaith Summit G20 Leaders Summit U GOLD COAST INTER S leaders together with some of the world’s foremost experts on these issues for three days of discussion of days three for issues these on experts foremost world’s the of some with together leaders and dialogue. G20 INTERFAITH SUMMIT: SUMMIT: G20 INTERFAITH The in a variety of ways. Yet the latest empirical research demonstrates that in most parts of the world, that demonstrates research the latest empirical Yet of ways. in a variety into account. of religion taking the role development objectives cannot be optimized without The ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC NOVEMBER 16-18 2014 G20 INTERFAITH SUMMIT: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT: G20 INTERFAITH FREEDOM AND RELIGIOUS AUSTRALIA 2014, GOLD COAST, NOVEMBER 16-18, This was the first of a major series of annual conferences in which thepartners Center in is engaged G20 with side other major events. The G20 Interfaith Summit of days three for world the around leaders from interfaith and faith with together leaders other opinion and brought scholars, lawyers, political office holders, discussion and dialogue as a substantial contribution to the G20 Economic Forum. The conference showcased around the world. This from philosophies of various faith traditions and the scholarly and societal contributions conference also created opportunities for communication and relationship building and raised the profile of and organizations. participating communities, groups titled another, made a presentation in and, panels conference the of one Durham was a moderator for Cole on focused panels Perspectives.” Conference Economic Development: International Rights and “Religious charitable giving, and aid, social cohesion a society’s economy, humanitarian freedom’s impact on religious was extraordinarily successful with more delegates participating among other things. This conference than 150 Asia, the Middle East, South America, and Europe. from countries in the Pacific region, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, members Oxford Journal of Law * Professor Professor Paul Fiddes, of Systematic Theology Regent’s of formerly Principal and Oxford of University the in Faculty Park College and Chairman of the Theology * Professor Marie-Claire Foblets, Director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany, and Professor of Law at the Catholic University of Leuven/Louvain JUNE 23-27, 2014, ST. HUGH’S COLLEGE, OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM ST. HUGH’S COLLEGE, OXFORD, JUNE 23-27, 2014, SACRED AND SECULAR : VARIETIES OF SECULARISM AND OF SECULARISM SECULAR : VARIETIES SACRED AND COMPARATIVE LAW, INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND FOREIGN POLICY LAW, AND FOREIGN LAW, INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF FROM THE PERSPECTIVES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL * Baroness Elizabeth Berridge, Member, House of Lords, and Berridge, Member, House Baroness Elizabeth * Freedom International on Group Parliamentary All-Party Chair, of Religion or Belief of the British Parliament * Professor Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of United States Law, Harvard Law School, and Commissioner, Freedom Commission on International Religious of clergy, representatives of NGOs and think-tanks, academics and organizational researchers, as well as students, students, as well researchers, as organizational and academics think-tanks, and NGOs of representatives clergy, of visitors. Among the presentations were four keynote addresses: publishers, journalists, and other More than 100 participants and presenters from 20 countries attended the Second Annual Oxford Journal of Law and Oxford Journal the Second Annual participants and presenters from 20 countries attended More than 100 parliamentarians together brought event The University. Oxford College, Hugh’s at St. Summer Academy Religion and other government officials from around the world, editors of the HOSTED BY HOSTED BY
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THE AND RELIGION, INTERNATIONAL LAW RELATIONS PROGRAMME THE AT CENTRE FOR OXFORD ST HUGH’S COLLEGE | UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD | 23-27 JUNE 2014 | UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD HUGH’S COLLEGE ST REGIONAL CONFERENCES REGIONAL 24 FOR LAW AND FOR LAW RELIGION STUDIES INTERNATIONAL CENTER PRINCIPAL ORGANIZERS PRINCIPAL OSLR CHINA VIETNAM CERTIFICATE TRAINING
RELIGION AND THE RULE OF LAW RELIGION AND THE RULE OF LAW CERTIFICATE TRAINING PROGRAM IN CHINA CERTIFICATE TRAINING PROGRAM IN VIETNAM The fifth China Certificate Training Program on Religion and Rule of Law, organized by the Pu Shi Institute for Social Science, the Peking The Center was pleased to help organize the third annual Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law in Vietnam. This year’s University School of Law, and the Beijing Foreign Studies University School of Law, took place July 28-August 8, 2014 in Beijing. 10-day training program took place July 14-23 in Da Nang, the major city of Vietnam’s central region. The training program featured leading Vietnamese academics working on law and religion issues in their country, along with an illustrious faculty of experts from other parts of the As a support to the sponsoring institutions, the Center, in partnership with the Institute for Global Engagement, provided help with the world. The event was reported on TV news and in four Vietnamese newspapers. In connection with the training, two visiting scholars have curriculum and arranged international faculty for the training. The curriculum was taken from the Chinese translation of the textbook Law spent time at BYU Law School to further their research on religion and the rule of law, with more scholars to come in subsequent years. and Religion: National, International, and Comparative Perspectives by Professors Cole Durham and Brett Scharffs. Prominent Chinese scholars joined with an outstanding group of international experts to provide the training. More than 56 university professors, religious leaders, The program was held under the auspices of Vietnam National University (VNU), Da Nang; the University of Social Sciences and Humanities— researchers, judges, and advanced graduate students completed the training and were awarded certificates. VNU, Hanoi; the Da Nang Foreign Language University; the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU; and the Institute for Global Engagement (IGE). This program is part of an unprecedented joint agreement signed in 2013 between VNU, the Center, and IGE to Many of the participants expressed their desire to engage in further research in the field of law and religion. Two Chinese scholars were work together to pursue excellence in law and religion studies. invited to visit BYU for a semester to further their research. Professors Cole Durham and Brett Scharffs led much of the training program using the Vietnamese translation of their textbook, Law and As in previous years, the two-week program included a major one-day academic conference that attracted some 100 experts and participants. Religion: National, International, and Comparative Perspectives. A significant new grant from the John Templeton Foundation and a generous The theme of the conference was “Religion and the Rule of Law: Legislation on Religious Organizations.” The training program and the donation from David and Linda Nearon made the continuation of this annual training possible. conference received coverage in the country’s academic and legal media.
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January 6-9: Athens, Greece – Fifteenth Meeting May 12-25: Budapest, Hungary – Courses on Law and July 28-August 8: Beijing, China – Fifth Chinese Religion of Experts of the International Religious Liberty Religion, Central European University. and the Rule of Law Certificate Training Program. Association: “Religions, Secular Society, and Religious Liberty in the Mediterranean Area: How to Interact in May 23-24: Budapest, Hungary – “Varieties of August 18-22: Florence, Italy – International Religious our Diverse Societies.” Secularism,” Central European University. Liberty Association Meeting of Experts.
January 13-15: Kansas City, Missouri – Annual May 26-28: Stellenbosch, South Africa – Annual September 1-2: Cordoba, Argentina – Fourteenth Conference of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society: Meeting of the African Consortium for Law and Religion Colloquium of the Consorcio Latinoamericano de “Obedience to Law is Liberty.” Studies: “The Quest for the Common Good in Pluralistic Libertad Religiosa: “Religious Liberty in the Context of Societies,” Stellenbosch University. Criminal Law.” January 15-16: London, United Kingdom – “Religion, Democracy and Law,” London Metropolitan University. June 2-6: Yogyakarta, Indonesia - Intensive Master September 3-5: Cordoba, Argentina – International Level Course, “Sharia and Human RIghts.” Congress of the Argentine Council for Religious Liberty: February 19-20: Jakarta, Indonesia – “Promoting the “Religious Freedom in the 21st Century: Religion, State, Freedom of Religion or Belief in ASEAN.” June 3-5: Como, Italy – “Religions and Constitutional and Society,” National University of Cordoba. Transitions in the Muslim Mediterranean: The Pluralistic February 24-25: Atlanta, Georgia – “A Global Moment,” Insurbia University. October 5-7: Provo, Utah – 21st annual International Conversation: Exploring Interfaith and International Law and Religion Symposium: “Varieties of Secularism, Models for the Interaction of Religion and State,” Emory June 7-8: London, United Kingdom – “Magna Carta, Religion, and the Law,” Brigham Young University. University. Religion, and the Rule of Law,” Inner Temple, London. October 9-10: Washington, D.C. – “Transatlantic March 4: Washington, D.C. – Symposium on Religious June 17-19: Vladivostok, Russia – “Religion in a Changing Cooperation in Religion, International Relations, and Freedom, Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day World.” Fostering Freedom of Religion or Belief.” Adventists. June 23-27: Oxford, United Kingdom – Oxford Journal October 22-25: New York – Meetings on Law and March 5: Provo, Utah – Wheatley Forum Religious of Law and Religion Summer Academy: “Sacred and Religion in relation to release of annual report by U.N. Liberty Lecture: Michael Moreland, “Institutional Secular: Varieties of Secularism and International Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Religious Freedom,” Brigham Young University. Religious Freedom from the Perspectives of Comparative Law, International Law, and Foreign Policy,” St. Hugh’s November 4-6: Krakow, Poland – Second Annual Law March 12: Provo, Utah – Wheatley Forum Religious College, Oxford University. and Religion Conference in Eastern Europe: “Religion Liberty Lecture: Brett Scharffs, “Our Fractured Attitude in the Context of Globalization: Legal Aspects of the Towards Corporate Conscience,” Brigham Young July 7-9: Provo, Utah – Religious Freedom Annual Functioning of Religious Organizations,” Jagellonian University. Review: “Religious Freedom in a Secular World,” Brigham University. Young University. March 21: Provo, Utah – “Religious Tolerance and November 8-9: New Delhi, India – “Constitutional American Muslims,” Brigham Young University. July 14-23: Da Nang, Vietnam – Third Vietnamese Parameters of Individual Freedom: Security, Public Religion and the Rule of Law Certificate Training Interest and Social Reform,” Amity University. April 3-4: Salt Lake City, Utah – Spring Meeting of the Program, Vietnam National University. International Advisory Council of the International November 15-16: Brisbane, Australia – G20 Interfaith Center for Law and Religion Studies: “Religious Freedom July 22: Vienna, Austria – Annual Meeting of the Summit: “Economic Development & Religious Freedom,” in a Changing World.” American Society of Comparative Law. Griffith University.
May 3-5: Bangkok, Thailand - Human Rights Resource July 21-25: Vienna, Austria – Nineteenth World Congress November 21-22: Oslo, Norway – “Missionary Activities Centre / ASEAN “Keeping the Faith” Project consultation. of the International Academy of Comparative Law. and Human Rights.”
28 29 ISSN 2047-0770 (Print) WASHINGTON ISSN 2047-0789 (Online) Javier Martínez-Torrón REPORTS W. Cole Durham, Jr. issued for the occasion of General Reporters XVIIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law ■ ■ XVIII ème Congrès de l’Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé SCHARFS DURHAM ELECTIVE SERIES The International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL), founded at The Hague on Law and Religion 13 September 1924, is comprised of 333 members from more than 44 countries. 18TH Congress of NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL, AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES Every four years the Academy convenes an International Congress, which the International Academy of provides an occasion to examine current problems facing all legal systems. The W. COLE DURHAM, JR. AND BRETT G. SCHARFFS, Law and Religion Comparative Law body of knowledge contained in the reports published subsequent to each both of Brigham Young University Law School Congress, such as this one on the 2010 topic Religion and the Secular State, Religion and A dynamic combination of international and domestic materials, Law and Religion: provide information and analysis not to be found elsewhere. National, International, and Comparative Perspectives stimulates discussion of familiar issues by placing them in a global context. Authors Durham and Scharffs Since the first IACL Congress in 1937 in The Hague, no Congress had been held in bring panoramic vision and scope to their subject, along with sensitivity to current the United States until the 2010 meeting in Washington, DC, co- sponsored by the Religion the Secular State: issues of conflict and debate. American Society of Comparative Law and hosted by American University and the Washington College of Law, George Washington University Law School, and National Reports LAW AND RELIGION: NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ANNUAL REVIEW Georgetown University Law Center. Secular State AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES, features: Volume 3 Number 2 June 2014 ■ U.S. materials that include the major Free Exercise and Establishment Clause
cases NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL, AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ■ International law materials that include key human rights instruments as well as Religion and the Secular State La religion 20 cases from the European Court of Human Rights and key United Nations La religion et bodies This volume contains reports on the topic Religion and the Secular State from 58 et l’État ■ Coverage of current topics, such as the right to register religious associations, exemptions from general and neutral laws, conscientious objection, proselytizing, reporters representing 43 countries. The reports, originally prepared for the 18th laïque l’État laïque: religious oaths, church autonomy; and conflicts arising between religious freedom World Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, were and women’s rights, rights of indigenous peoples, sexual minorities, and children’s rights published in Interim form in 2010 by the International Center for Law and Religion ■ Comparative law cases and materials that reflect more than 15 countries Studies of the Brigham Young University Law School for review at and Rapports nationaux and regions ■ Comparative law topics, such as corporal punishment, compelled patriotic subsequent to the Congress. This volume, with updated and in some cases newly observances, state funding of religions, and more translated Reports, was prepared to coincide with the 19th Congress in Vienna in 18ème Congrès Javier Martínez-Torrón ■ Islamic, Christian, and Jewish perspectives on freedom of religion, touching on defamation of religion, the Mohammed cartoon controversy, the constitutions of International July 2014. Afghanistan and Iraq, religious political parties in Turkey, and the interaction of de l´Académiede W. Cole Durham, Jr. secular and religion rules governing religious cemeteries in Israel Droit Comparé This volume is a feast, unique in the field of Law and Religion in its scope and General Reporters/Rapporteurs généraux Law and Religion RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN A SECULAR WORLD Timely and incisive, Law and Religion: National, International, and Comparative variety, even as it treats a single topic. The Reporters are outstanding scholars Perspectives makes a valuable contribution to the study of Law and Religion, Church with particular expertise in and understanding of the relation of government and Donlu D. Thayer, editor and State, International Human Rights, Comparative Constitutional Law, and First NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL, AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES Amendment Law. JULY 7-9, 2014, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, PROVO, UTAH religion in their respective countries. The Selected Bibliography is in itself a ■ ■ valuable resource for scholars, legal practitioners, and government and religious W. COLE DURHAM, JR. BRETT G. SCHARFFS leaders. WASHINGTON
2015 Summer 2014 marked the inauguration of an important new component of the work of the Center, when more than http://lawschool.aspenpublishers.com 100 participants gathered at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, for the first Religious Freedom Annual Review, “Religious Freedom in a Secular World.” Building upon the Center’s 2011-2013 Discussion Series Lectures, and reflecting that series’ enthusiastic reception, the Annual Review is an event for lawyers and non-lawyers, educators, students, and interested members of the public. The program is designed to provide up-to-date and stimulating presentations on important developments in religious freedom law, both domestic and international. Speakers and panels at the 2014 PUBLICATIONS Review discussed the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Hobby Lobby decision and its effect on religious freedom laws in the U.S., religious freedom implications of LGBT rights, the economic case for religious freedom, and a host of other issues. An entire day was devoted to international topics, including international instruments protecting religious freedom for In 2014 the Center produced outstanding scholarship on law and religion topics. We are individuals and religious organizations. Continuing Legal Education credit, including ethics and civility, was available for nearing completion on five major publication projects: an international Encyclopedia of lawyers and continues to be available through recordings of the conference. Law and Religion we are co-editing, the final version of papers on Religion and the Secular State from the 18th Quadrennial Congress of the International Academy of Comparative The 2015 Annual Review is scheduled for July 6-8. Law, two volumes from the Third Conference of the International Consortium of Comparative Law (ICLARS), held in Virginia in 2013, and the second editions of both our 4-volume treatise Religious Organizations and the Law and the casebook Law and Religion: National, International, and Comparative Perspectives.
Recently the Center has expanded its reach with electronic media. Our near daily Law and Religion Headline News has won acclaim from religious freedom experts worldwide; we have launched four Facebook pages, a YouTube Channel, and a Twitter account, and we are poised for a major upgrade to our websites in 2015.
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Since its founding in 2000, the Center has participated in numerous engagement activities, through expert consultation, commentary, and testimony on legislation, and through filing amicus briefs in important religious liberty cases. For 2014, the Center or personnel at the Center were involved in a variety of important activities, including:
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ASEAN “Keeping the Faith” Project UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion Dominican Republic Legislation Mark Up International Scholars Brief U.S. Congressional Testimony Attorney General Transition Professors Brett Scharffs and Cole Durham were Professor Cole Durham organized events to support Professor Gary Doxey assisted as an outside expert Professors Cole Durham and Elizabeth Clark Professor Robert Smith gave testimony before Professor Robert Smith served on the transition expert advisors to the Human Rights Resource Centre the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom in the mark up of a religion bill before the National submitted a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court a subcommittee of the U.S. Congress on the team for the Utah State Attorney General. project “Keeping the Faith: A Study of Freedom of of Religion and Belief at the time of his annual report Congress of the Dominican Republic. representing International Religious Scholars. International Religious Freedom Act. Thought, Conscience and Religion in ASEAN.” in October in New York.
Judicial Briefs in Colombia Bolivian Legislative Proposal Commentary on Costa Rican Religion Bill Utah Legislators Brief U.S. Scholars Brief Wheatley Institution Lectures The Center prepared a brief for the Constitutional The Center assisted with a response to a legislative The Center assisted with commentary on a religion Professor Robert Smith was asked to submit a brief Dean Brett Scharffs prepared a brief to the U.S. Professors Cole Durham and Brett Scharffs Court of Colombia. proposal in Bolivia. bill before the Congress of Costa Rica. to the U.S. Supreme Court and 10th Circuit Court Supreme Court representing U.S. Scholars. presented lectures as part of the Wheatley Institution of Appeals representing the Utah State Legislature. Strengthening Core Institutions Lecture Series.
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