Conference organized as part of the 2022 National Relevant Interest Project (PRIN) Migration and Religion in International Law (MiReIL): Research-based Proposals for Inclusive, Resilient, and Multicultural Societies.

10:00 am Presentation
Francesco Cherubini, Professor of EU Law, Luiss University

10:15 am Introductory Guest Lecture: Persecution and International Protection by the State
Fabrizio Gallo, President, National Commission for the Right to Asylum

10:40 am Religion and Persecution
Chair
Pietro Pustorino, Professor of International Law, Luiss University

Speakers
Marco Ventura, Professor of Ecclesiastical and Canon Law, University of Siena
When and how does the violation of religious freedom turn into persecution?

Lidia Rieder, Legal Officer, ADF International, Vienna
Religion-Based Asylum Claims: An Overview of the Legal Issues from a Comparative Perspective

Q&A

11:40 am Coffee Break

12:00 pm Dimensions of Religious-Based Persecution
Chair
Kristina Stoeckl, Professor of Sociology, Luiss University

Speakers
Alfonso Giordano, Associate Professor of Economic and Political Geography, Niccolò Cusano University
The Geography of Religious Persecution: Religion as a Ground for International Protection

Antonio di Muro, Protection Associate, UNHCR
International Protection from Religious-Based Persecution: A Picture of Europe and the UNHCR's Perspective

Q&A

1:00 pm Light Lunch

2:00 pm Evaluation of Claims Based on Religion
Chair
Francesca M. Corrao, Professor of Arabic Culture and Language, Luiss University

Speakers
Hedayat Selim, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Åbo Akademi University
The Credibility Assessment of Religious-Based Claims

Sonja Pöllabauer, Professor of Interpreting Studies, University of Vienna
Interpreting in an Asylum Context and the Role of Interpreters

Harald Dörig
Honorary Professor, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena
Religious-Based Claims and Exclusion Clauses

3:20 pm Conclusions
Karen Musalo, Professor of Law, University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco

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