Katrina Lantos Swett – President, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice; Former Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)

1 1 Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett serves as President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, established in 2008 to continue the legacy of her father, the late Congressman Tom Lantos, who served as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and was the only Holocaust survivor ever...

Pinghua Sun – Professor at China University of Political Science and Law

1 1 Pinghua Sun has an MA in English Language and Literature (Beijing Normal University), an MA in Arts of English Language Teaching (the University of Warwick), and a PhD in Human Rights Law (China University of Political Science and Law—CUPL). He is a visiting scholar at the University of...

Marek Šmid – Rector, Trnava University; President, Slovak Rectors’ Conference

1 1 Professor Marek Šmid has been since August 2011 Rector of the Trnava University, Slovakia. In May 2018, following two terms as Vice-President, he was elected President of the Slovak Rectors’ Conference (SRC). Professor Šmid is an expert in the constitutional law, a member of the Legislative Board of...

Chris Seiple – President Emeritus, Institute for Global Engagement; Advisor, Templeton Religion Trust; Senior Fellow, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

1 1 Photo By Josh Samson (samsonimages.com) Chris Seiple is the president emeritus of the Institute for Global Engagement, a think- and do-tank operating at the intersection of religion, realpolitik, and reconciliation. He has worked in Northern/Eastern Africa, the Middle East, Central/South Asia, and China and Southeast Asia. Dr. Seiple...

Douglas Laycock – Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Religious Studies, the University of Virginia; Alice McKean Young Regents Chair in Law Emeritus, University of Texas Law School

1 1 Douglas Laycock, one of the nation’s leading authorities on the law of remedies and also on the law of religious liberty, is Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia and Alice McKean Young Regents Chair in Law Emeritus, University of...

David Kirkham – Senior Fellow for Comparative Law and International Policy, International Center for Law and Religion Studies

1 1 David Kirkham has served the International Center for Law and Religion Studies as Senior Fellow for Comparative Law and International Policy and Advisor for Europe since July 2007 and continues in this role in an advisory and representational capacity. Between 2015-2018 he was Academic Director and professor at...

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0 1 23 test https://www.dignityforeveryone.org/events/ 0 Initiative Overview Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with an invitation to a global conversation about preserving and protecting human dignity for everyone everywhere Learn More › Human Dignity Day Proposed United Nations General Assembly Resolution establishing international human...

Heiner Bielefeldt – Professor of Human Rights and Human Rights Policy at the University of Erlangen; Former UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief

1 1 Professor Heiner Bielefeldt was appointed as United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief on 18 June 2010 and served in this position until November 2016. Holding both a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tübingen and a post-doctoral Habilitation Degree in Philosophy from the...

Robin Fretwell Wilson – Roger and Stephany Joslin Professor of Law, Illinois College of Law; Director, Program in Family Law and Policy; Director, Epstein Health Law and Policy Program

1 1 Robin Fretwell Wilson is the Roger and Stephany Joslin Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law, where she directs the College of Law’s Family Law and Policy Program and the Epstein Health Law and Policy Program. She specializes in family law and health law,...

Renáta Uitz – Chair (Director), Comparative Constitutional Law Program, Department of Legal Studies, Central European University

1 1 Professor Uitz started teaching at CEU in 2001 and became chair (director) of the Comparative Constitutional Law program in 2007. She is the founding co-director, with Professor Károly Bárd, of the clinical specialization at the Department of Legal Studies. Her teaching covers subjects in comparative constitutional law and...