Signatories
Original Signatories - Red
Convener - Δ - A Ashagrie G. Abdi (United States and Ethiopia) - Attorney, specialized in International Human Rights and International Criminal Law
- B Paul Babie (Australia) - Associate Dean (International), Faculty of the Professions, Adelaide Law School; Director, Law and Religion Project, Research Unit for the Study of Society, Ethics, and Law
- C Shernaz Cama (India) - Director, UNESCO Parzor Foundation
- D Fadi Daou (United Kingdom) - Chair and CEO, Adyan Foundation, Beirut; Professor of Interreligious Dialogue and Geopolitics of Religion, Université Saint-Esprit Kaslik
- E Anton Edmunds (Saint Lucia) - Ambassador of St. Lucia to the United States
- F Boris Falikov (Russia) - Associate Professor, Russian State University for the Humanities
- G Brett G. Scharffs Δ (United States) - Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Rex E. Lee Chair and Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
- H Yasser Latif Hamdani (Pakistan) - Named Partner at Hamdani & Malik Barristers, Advocates and Legal Consultants; Former Visiting Fellow, Harvard Law School; Member Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (UK)
- I Akinola Ibidapo-Obe (Nigeria) - Professor and Former Dean of the Faculty of Law, Department of Public Law, University of Lagos
- J Arif A. Jamal (Singapore) - University of Singapore Faculty of Law
- K Faith Kabata (Kenya) - Lecturer and Chair, Department of International Law, Kenyatta University School of Law
- L Rev. Vijayesh Lal (India) - General Secretary, Evangelical Fellowship of India
- M Jonatas Machado (Portugal) - Professor, Faculty of Law, Universidade de Coimbra
- N Juan G. Navarro Floria (Argentina) - Professor of Law, Pontificia Universidad Catòlica Argentina
- O Ewelina Ochab (United Kingdom) - Legal Researcher; Author of Never Again: Legal Responses to a Broken Promise in the Middle East
- P Norberto Padilla (Argentina) - President, Latin American Consortium for Religious Liberty
- Q Kofi Quashigah (Ghana) - Dean of the School of Law, University of Ghana
- R Catalin Valentin Raiu (Romania) - Lecturer in Political Science, University of Bucharest; Member, Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief at ODIHR/OSCE
- S Gary B. Sabin (United States) - General Authority Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- T Nayla Tabbara (Lebanon) - Director, Institute of Citizenship and Diversity Management, Adyan Foundation (Lebanon)
- U Renáta Uitz Δ (Hungary) - Chair (Director), Comparative Constitutional Law Program, Department of Legal Studies, Central European University
- V Marco Ventura (Italy) - Professor of Law and Religion, University of Siena; Director, Centre for Religious Studies, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento
- W Sohail Wahedi (Netherlands) - PhD Candidate, Erasmus School of Law
Esther Korantemaa Abuyeh (Ghana) - Legal Coordinator, Africa West Area, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Barbara F. Ackah-Yensu (Ghana) - Judge of the Court of Appeal
Mohamed Azam Mohamed Adil (Malaysia) - Deputy CEO, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS)
Adams Olufemi Akewula (Nigeria) - Lecturer, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan
Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi (Nigeria) - Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Lagos School of Law
David Alton Δ (United Kingdom) - Lord Alton of Liverpool
Adelaide Anno-Kumi (Ghana) - Chief Director, Ministry of the Interior
Ivan Arjona-Pelado (Spain) - resident of the European Office of the Church of Scientology for Public Affairs and Human Rights
Kristina Arriaga (United States) - Vice Chair, US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
Carmen Asiaín Pereira Δ (Uruguay) - Alternate Senator, General Assembly of Uruguay; Professor of Law and Religion, University of Montevideo
Ayodele Atsenuwa (Nigeria) - Professor, Department of Public Law, University of Lagos
Muhammad Jamshed Awan (Pakistan) - Advocate, Life Member Islamabad Bar Association
Cristian Badillo (Mexico) - Fundación en Promoción de la Familia y la Libertad
Fr. Nicholas Barla, SVD (India) - Secretary, Office for Tribal Affairs, Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI)
Sebonego Dellah Barungwi (Botswana) - Member, Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Botswana; Deputy Manager, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
Andrew Bennett (Canada) - Program Director for Cardus Law; Former Ambassador for Religious Freedom and Head of the Office of Religious Freedom, Canada
Thomas C. Berg (United States) - James L. Oberstar Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of St. Thomas School of Law
Sidney K. Berman (Botswana) - Lecturer, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Botswana
Asia Noreen Bibi (Pakistan) - Citizen and Refugee currently living abroad
Heiner Bielefeldt Δ (Germany) - Professor of Human Rights and Human Rights Policy at the University of Erlangen; Former UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief
Sophie van Bijsterveld (Netherlands) - Senator, Estates General of the Netherlands; Professor of Religion, Law and Society, Radboud University
Roberto Blancarte (Mexico) - Research Professor, Center for Sociological Studies, El Colegio de Mexico
Elias Kifon Bongmba (United States and Cameroon) - Harry and Hazel Chair in Christian Theology, Professor of Religion, Rice University
Nersido Borg (Dominican Republic) - Superintendent, Council of the Assemblies of God; President, Christian Dialogue and Representation Board
Ana María Celis Brunet (Chile) - President, ICLARS; Associate Professor, Center for Law and Religion, Faculty of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; President, National Council of the Chilean Church for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Accompaniment of Victims
Elizabeth A. Clark (United States) - Associate Director and Regional Advisor for Europe, International Center for Law and Religion Studies
W. Cole Durham, Jr. Δ (United States) - Founding Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
S. David Colton (United States) - Chair, International Advisory Council, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University
Jayeel Cornelio (Philippines) - Atento de Manila University
Simona Cruciani (United States) - Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect
Thomas David DuBois (China) - Visiting Research Fellow, Fudan University Development Institute, Shanghai
Ganoune Diop (Senegal) - Secretary General, International Religious Liberty Association; Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Seventh-day Adventist Church
Gary B. Doxey (United States) - Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University
Musa W. Dube (Botswana) - Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Botswana
Pierre Dumas (Haiti) - Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Roman Catholic Church; Vice President, Episcopal Conference of Haiti
Mohamed Elsanousi (Finland) - Executive Director, The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers
Fatima Essop (South Africa) - Advocate of the High Court of South Africa; Lecturer in Private Law Department, University of Cape Town
Shad Sallem Farqui (Malaysia) - Tunku Abdul Rahman Chair, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Alessandro Ferrari (Italy) - Associate Professor, Department of Law, Economy, and Cultures, University of Insubria; G20 Interfaith Forum International Organizing Committee
Silvio Ferrari (Italy) - Emeritus Professor of Canon Law, University of Milan; Founder and Honorary Lifetime President, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies
Ján Figel’ Δ (Slovakia) - Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the European Union
Robin Fretwell Wilson Δ (United States) - 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
Ahmed Salisu Garba (Nigeria) - Professor, Faculty of Law, Bauchi State University
Jessica Giles (United Kingdom) - SFHEA, Law Lecturer; Director of the Project on Interdisciplinary Law and Religion Studies, The Open University
Célestine Gnonzion (Côte d’Ivoire) - Professor, Faculty of Information, Communication, and Arts, Félix Houphouet-Boigny University
Gabriel González Merlano (Uruguay) - Professor and Coordinator of the Humanities, Universidad Católica del Uruguay
T. Jeremy Gunn (Morocco) - Professor of Law and Political Science, International University of Rabat
Muhammed Haron (Botswana) - Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Botswana
Charles Haynes (United States) - Vice President, Freedom Forum Institute / Religious Freedom Center; Senior Scholar, First Amendment Center
Mark Hill QC (United Kingdom) - Honorary Professor of Law, Cardiff University; Extraordinary Professor, The University of Pretoria; Visiting Professor, King’s College London; Adjunct Professor, Notre Dame University Law School, Sydney
Ross Holder (Ireland) - Trinity College Dublin
Amineh Ahmed Hoti (Pakistan & United Kingdom) - Executive Director, Centre for Dialogue and Action
Cyril Hovorun (United States) - Assistant Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University; Acting Director, Huffington Ecumenical Institute
Scott E. Isaacson (United States) - Regional Advisor for Latin America, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University
Tassaduq H. Jillani (Pakistan) - Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan
Mmapula Diana Kebaneilwe (Bostwana) - Senior Lecturer, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Botswana
Malebogo Kgaleman (Botswana) - Senior Lecturer, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Botswana
Fr. Dr. Hanna Kildani (Israel) - Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Israel
Herman Kiriama (Kenya) - Associate Professor, Research and Extension, Kisii University
David Kirkham (United States) - Senior Fellow for Comparative Law and International Policy, International Center for Law and Religion Studies
Elizabeta Kitanović (Serbia) - Executive Secretary for Human Rights, The Conference of European Churches
Merilin Kivorig (Estonia) - Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law and Human Rights, University of Tartu Faculty of Law
Rev. Philip Kwadwo Okyere (Ghana) - PhD Candidate, Department for the Study of Religions, University of Ghana
Douglas Laycock (United States) - 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
Pavel Levushkan (Latvia) - Editor-in-Chief, Baznica.info; Latvian Institute for Intercultural Communication
Tore Lindholm (Norway) - Emeritus Professor, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo
Tshimangadzo Edward Mafadza (South Africa) - Chief Executive Officer, Cultural, Religious and Linguisic (CRL) Rights Commission
Nikos Maghioros (Greece) - Assistant Professor of Canon and Ecclesiastical Law, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Tahir Mahmood Δ (India) - Distinguished Jurist Chair & Professor of Eminence, Faculty of Law, Amity University, New Delhi
Olakunle Williams Makinde (Nigeria) - Deputy Director, National Commissions for Museums and Monuments
Kishan Manocha (Poland) - Senior Adviser on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Organization for Security and Co-operation, Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Paul Martens (United States) - Associate Professor of Ethics, Department of Religion, Director of Interdisciplinary Programs, College of Arts and Sciences, Baylor University
Javier Martínez-Torrón (Spain) - Professor of Law and Director, Department of Law and Religion, Complutense University Madrid School of Law
Alberto Melloni Δ (Italy) - Professor of the History of Christianity, University of Modena-Reggio Emilia, and UNESCO Chair on Religious Pluralism and Peace
Nicholas Miller (United States) - Professor of Church History; Director, International Religious Liberty Institute, Andrews University
Dato’ Dr. Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin (Malaysia) - Associate Professor, Universiti Sains Malaysia; Mufti of Perlis
David Moore (United States) - Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies
Luka David Mosoma (South Africa) - Chairperson, Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CLR Commission), former Vice Chancellor at the University of South Africa
Marlino Mubai (Mozambique) - Lecturer and Chair, History Department, Eduardo Mondlane University
Rev. Simbarashe Munamati (Zimbabwe) - Vice Principal, Murray Theological College
Saibu Mutaru (Ghana) - PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Stephan Nawa (Botswana) - Philosophy Lecturer, University of Botswana
Jaclyn L. Neo (Singapore) - Assistant Professor of Law, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law; Deputy Director, Asian Law Institute
Rodah Nthapelelang (Botswana) - Lecturer, Department of French, University of Botswana
Prigol Odacyr (Brazil) - Chair of the Curitiba Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and Managing Partner of Prigol Advogados Associados
Joel Okindoh (Kenya) - Assistant to the President, Seventh-day Adventist Church East-Central Africa Region; Secretary General, All Africa Religious Liberty Conference (AARLC)
Afis Ayinde Oladosu (Nigeria) - Professor of Middle Eastern, North African, and Cultural Studies, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan
Habibat Oladosu-Uthman (Nigeria) - Lecturer, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan
Adesina Olukani (Nigeria) - Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University
Hannah Idowu Olusoga-Tinubi (Nigeria) - Lecturer, Department of Social Justice, College of Social and Management Sciences, Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti
Patrick Parkinson (Australia) - Dean of Law, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
Aldrin Peñamora (Philippines) - Executive Director, Justice, Peace and Reconciliation Commission of the Philippine
Fabio Petito (UK / Italy) - Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sussex; Scientific Co-ordinator, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs–ISPI initiative on Religions and International Relations
Peter Petkoff (United Kingdom) - Director of Religion, Law and International Relations Programme, Regent’s Park College, Oxford; Law Lecturer, Brunel Law School
Navanethem Pillay (South Africa) - Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Former Judge of the International Criminal Court; President, Nuremberg Principles Academy Council; President, International Coalition against the Death Penalty
Andrea Pin (Italy) - Associate Professor in Comparative Law, University of Padua
Clelia Piperno (Italy) - Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Teramo
Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel (South Africa) - (deceased) Senior Lecturer in Ecclesiology, University of Stellenbosch; Africa President, World Council of Churches
Ann Power-Forde (Ireland) - Human Rights Jurist
Frank Ravitch (United States) - Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law
Dr Mujibur Rehman (India) - Faculty, Jamia Millia Central University, New Delhi
Gerhard Robbers (Germany) - Professor Emeritus, University of Trier; Former Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection of Rhineland-Palatinate
Neville Rochow QC (Australia) - Barrister/Board Member, University of Adelaide Research Unit for Society, Law and Religion
Jonathan Prendas Rodriguez (Costa Rica) - Member, National Assembly, Republic of Costa Rica
Melissa Rogers (United States) - Nonresident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution
Olga Rosenkranzová (Czech Republic) - Assistant Professor of Legal Theory, Department of Legal Theory and Legal History, Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc
Hans Ingvar Filip Roth (Sweden) - Professor of Human Rights, Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS)
Ricardo Sale, Jr. (Brazil) - Judge, Tribunal of Justice, São Paulo State
Vanja-Ivan Savić (Croatia) - Associate Professor, Department for Legal Theory, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law
Lee-Shae Logan Scharnick-Udemans (South Africa) - Senior Researcher, Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, Department of Religion and Theology, University of Cape Town
Motlotlegi Sebakanyana (Botswana) - -
Chris Seiple (United States) - President Emeritus, Institute for Global Engagement; Advisor, Templeton Religion Trust; Senior Fellow, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Senzokuhle Doreen Setume (Botswana) - Lecturer of Religious Studies, Molepolole College of Education, University of Botswana
Ahmed Shaheed (Maldives) - United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief
Ryosho Shoji (Japan) - Director, International Relations, All Japan Young Buddhist Association; Deputy Secretary General, The World Fellowship of Buddhists
Fortune Sibanda (Zimbabwe) - Associate Professor in Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Great Zimbabwe University
Marek Smid (Slovakia) - Rector, Trnava University; President, Slovak Rectors’ Conference
Dicky Sofjan Δ (Indonesia) - Core Doctoral Faculty Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS), Graduate School, Universitas Gadja Mada (UGM)
Rita Somfai (Hungary) - Operation Director, Wonderduck Agency
Pinghua Sun (China) - Professor at China University of Political Science and Law
Katrina Lantos Swett (United States) - President, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice; Former Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
Eiichiro Takahata (Japan) - Professor of Constitutional Law, Nihon University, Japan
Tanto Richard Talla (Cameroon) - Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, Department of History, University of Bamenda
Eugene Tan Kheng Boon (Singapore) - Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Andrew Teal (United Kingdom) - Chaplain, Fellow and Lecturer in Theology, Pembroke College, University of Oxford
Jeroen Temperman (Netherlands) - Professor of Public International Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Donlu DeWitt Thayer (United States) - Publications Director at the International Center for Law and Religion Studies
Archbishop Theodosis (Atallah Hannah) (Jerusalem) - Archbishop of Savastia of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Annette Lantos Tillemann-Dick (United States) - M.A.R., Harvard Divinity School; Co-Chairman, Advisory Committee of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice
Rik Torfs (Belgium) - Chair, Faculty of Canon Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves (Brazil) - Professor, Law Faculty, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia; Director, Brazilian Center of Studies in Law and Religion
Juan Martín Vives (Argentina) - (1980-2019) – Director, Center for Studies on Law and Religion, Universidad Adventista del Plata, Argentina