Ian Patel

Ian Patel is a postdoctoral fellow at the International State Crime Initiative. Previously he was a researcher at the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, University of East London. He completed his MP

European Convention on Human Rights - 60 years old today

Despite government rhetoric, human rights are a thoroughly British affair.

By Ian Patel and Sajid Suleman

/ 3 Sep 2013

Leagues for the Protection of the Tunisian Revolution

Civil society in Tunisia is embroiled in a struggle for political power now raging in the transitional period which is divided along secular and Islamist lines.

By Ian Patel and Safa Belghith

/ 25 Jun 2013

The pathway to Tunisia’s constitutional future

The language of constitutional revision and civic values based on human rights has become the baseline of political discourse, but only by submerging crucial ideological differences.

By Ian Patel

/ 31 Jul 2012