François Bellanger, Ph.D., Professor of Law (University of Geneva), Attorney at Law, has been a legal expert on cults for the Department of Justice of the Canton of Geneva (Switzerland) and is one of the authors of the official report on illegal sectarian practices published in Geneva in 1997 ("Audit sur les dérives sectaires"). He has published several articles on cults and religious freedom. He is the President of the Information Center on Beliefs in Geneva.  (fbellanger@avocats.ch)