Ongoing
The Hague Participant in BOG (Breed overleg Godsdienst) platofm to Foreign Ministry
Brussels Partnership in platform with HRWF, The Conference of European Churches
and European Evangelical Aliance
Utrecht Member of UPF National platoform to enhance Human Rights
Warshaw Visitor to OSCE Human Dimension Conference
Vienna Member of Fundamental Rights Agency NGO Platform
Utah Member of International Advisory Board of ICLRS (International Center for
Law and Religious Studies) Brigham Young University
Seminars, Conferences and other Activities
March 2008 Rotterdam Member of Dutch Advisory Council to Ministery of Justice regarding new
Immigration law
April 2008 Strasbourg Participated ERA (Academy of European Law) in Training regarding how to
propose a case for the European Court of Human Rights
June 2008 Geneva, H Sponsored the annual Strasbourg Consortium. Here around 70 top
academics and experts in the field discussed the main issues with
Freedom of Religion or Belief in Europe and how to assist the European
Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. A joint conference with Focus on
FoRB was held.
June 2009 Dushanbe Member of the EU delegation that advised Tajikistan government on Right
to fair trail and Independence of Judiciary
April 2010 Vienna Acrive participant at the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) platform,
discussing what the EU should focus on during the next 5 years as far as
Human Rights is concerned.
August 2010 Jerusalem Participant of Middle East Peace Initiative under auspisices of the United
Nations in an International Interfaith Consultation. It was sponsored by
the Universal Peace Federation.
September 2011 Idaho Brigham Young University, Idaho. Presentation on Human Rights in Europe.
Presented to Political Science Department.
November 2011 Seoul Research on abduction cases of anti-cult organizations in Japan.