<span class="vcard">Faiza Patel</span>

Faiza Patel

Member, Board of Editors

Faiza Patel (BlueskyLinkedInX) serves as Senior Director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. She is also a member of the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries. Previously, Faiza worked as a senior policy officer at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and clerked at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. She has been published in leading academic publications, including the American Journal of International Law, the Emory Journal of International Law, the European Journal of International Law, and the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics. Faiza is a frequent commentator on national security issues for media outlets such as the New York Times, the L.A. Times, the Guardian, MSNBC, Al-Jazeera, and NPR. Born and raised in Pakistan, she is a graduate of Harvard College and the NYU School of Law.

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Activists hold a rally and march through downtown
Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Capitol
PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 29: In this photo illustration, the Facebook logo is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a Meta logo on October 29, 2021 in Paris, France. On October 28, during the Facebook Connect virtual conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced the name change of Facebook, believing that the term Facebook was too closely linked to that of the platform of the same name, launched in 2004. It is now official, the Facebook company changes its name and becomes Meta. (Photo illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images)
The seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seen on the hat of a U.S. Border Patrol agent
Artificial intelligence circuit line style.
U.S. President Joe Biden holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House
Big data. Information concept. 3D render
Digital fingerprint, conceptual computer illustration.
(L-R) US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Christine Abizaid
Copies of banned books
Shot of the Justice Department building at night
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