#  Religion, Revolution and Constitution: The Case of Tunisia 

 



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 **September 17, 2012** 

 04:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

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 **CGIS, South Bldg, Room S020, Belfer Case Study Room, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

 **Yadh Ben Achour** is a Tunisian constitutionalist specializing in Islamic political theory. He hails from a theological background, as Ben Achour’s father is the late [Mohamed Fadhel Ben Achour](http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Fadhel_Ben_Achour), a great religious figure in Tunisia who held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Sharia and Theology at the former University of Zaytuna, and who later became a Mufti. Ben Achour completed primary and secondary school in Tunis, before enrolling in the University of Paris, where he received a Master’s of Law, a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Public Law, a Diploma of Higher Studies in Political Science, and later a PhD in Law in 1974. After completing his education, Ben Achour held several academic positions, including Dean of the Faculty of Legal, Political, and Social Sciences of Tunis (1993-1999).  
  
During the presidency of the late Habib Bourguiba, Ben Achour was appointed a member of the Economic and Social Council, and he later was appointed by the ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali as a member of the Constitutional Court in 1991. He resigned from this position in 1992, however, when the former Tunisian President sought to impose a law designed to stifle the Tunisian League for Human Rights. During the period of Ben Ali’s governance, Ben Achour was one of the ex-President’s more outspoken opponents.  
  
In early 2011 following the Tunisian revolution, [Ben Achour](http://www.leaders.com.tn/article/yadh-ben-achour?id=6106) was appointed Head of the High Authority for the Achievement of the Revolution Objectives (HAARO) — the commission responsible for constitutional reform post-revolution.

 Presented by the **CMES Working Group on Arab Transformative Movements**. *This event is open to the public; no registration required.*

 **Contact:** [Liz Flanagan](mailto:elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu)

 **Sponsor(s):** Made possible with support from the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Dean of the Division of Social Science, and the Donald T. Regan Lecture Fund.



 

 



 

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- [ North Africa ](/research-region/north-africa)
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