INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES

J. Reuben Clark Law School J. Reuben Clark Law School

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES J. Reuben Clark Law School J. Reuben Clark Law School

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES J. Reuben Clark Law School J. Reuben Clark Law School T HE C HURCH OF J ESUS C HRIST OF L ATTER - DAY S AINTS

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES Pew Research Center, “Latest Trends in Religious Restrictions and Hostilities” - February 2015 Data for High/very high totals given in report. Moderate and low data % calculated from 2012 comparison. 39% of the world’s countries have high or very high restrictions on religious freedom* These 39% of countries include more than three-fourths (77%) of the world’s population* 77% 19% 4% 39% 31% 30%

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES Brian J. Grim and Roger Finke, The Price of Freedom Denied (2011) 206 Religious Freedom Correlations

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES

The Annual International Law and Religion Symposium at BYU each October

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES To date, more than 1050 participants from 120 countries.

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES

To date, more than 1050 participants from 120 countries.

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES Law Reform – Constitutional and Legal impacts in more than 50 countries Afghanistan Albania Argentina Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Chile China Columbia Croatia Czech Republic Dominican Republic Estonia Ecuador France Georgia Honduras Hungary Indonesia Iraq Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Macedonia Moldova Nepal Nigeria Peru Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Ukraine United States Vietnam

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES Law Reform – Amicus briefs & testimonies before courts & legislatures

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES Law Reform – Amicus briefs & testimonies before courts & legislatures

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INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES J. Reuben Clark Law School J. Reuben Clark Law School

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES Our Mission and Vision is to help secure the blessings of freedom of religion and belief for all people by  Expanding, deepening, and disseminating knowledge and expertise  Facilitating growth of networks of scholars, experts, and policy makers  Contributing to law reform processes

J. Reuben Clark Law School J. Reuben Clark Law School J. Reuben Clark, Jr. was an attorney, a civil servant, a diplomat and a statesman, and an important leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who was known for his devotion to freedom, the rule of law, and concern for “those of the last wagon” who lacked the resources and strength of those who led the wagon trains that brought early pioneer settlers to Utah.

J. Reuben Clark Law School J. Reuben Clark Law School More than 1,000 students from the Law School have participated in Center-related endeavors over the 15-year history of the Center Volunteers and Executive Committee for the Annual Law & Religion Symposium Center Student Fellows Student Management Board

Student Involvement o Volunteers and Executive Committee for the Annual Law & Religion Symposium o Center Student Fellows o Student Management Board

The Center maintains three websites And sends law and religion headline news to 2500 subscribers worldwide daily

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES J. Reuben Clark Law School J. Reuben Clark Law School

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INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES J. Reuben Clark Law School J. Reuben Clark Law School T HE C HURCH OF J ESUS C HRIST OF L ATTER - DAY S AINTS

“It is a love of liberty which inspires my soul – civil and religious liberty to the whole of the human race.” – Joseph Smith “We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.” – 11 th Article of Faith

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