Day One

ND Law holds second annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, Italy

The world’s leading defenders of religious freedom gathered in Rome from July 20-22, 2022 for the second annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, hosted by the Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative.

The summit’s theme is Dignitatis humanae — the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on religious freedom that spelled out the Catholic Church’s support for the protection of religious liberty and set the ground rules for how the Church would relate to secular states.

Protecting Religious Minorities Panel Discussion

Nury Turke, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Farahnaz Ispahani, The International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief
Senior Fellow, Religious Freedom Institute and Former Member, Parliament of Pakistan
Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves, Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights, Federal University of Uberlandia and Lead Researcher, Brazilian Center for Studies in Law and Religion
Samah Norquist (moderator), Public Policy Fellow, The Wilson Center and Former Chief Advisor for International Religious Freedom to the Administrator, USAID

Bioethics Panel Discussion

Laura Palazzani, Professor of Philosophy of Law, LUMSA University of Rome
Lorenza Violini, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Milan
Andrea Simoncini, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Florence
Stefan McDaniel (moderator), Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School

Keynote Address

President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints