Wednesday, July 24, 2013

USCIRF Elects New Chair, Vice-Chairs

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom yesterday held its annual election for Chair of the Commission.   A USCIRF press release reports that Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, was elected, succeeding Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett.  Also yesterday Dr. Swett and M. Zuhdi Jasser were elected Vice-Chairs.