Irene Khan | |
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.jpg) Khan in 2024 | |
| UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression | |
| Assumed office July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | David Kaye |
| Director-General of the International Development Law Organization | |
| In office January 2012 – December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | William T. Loris |
| Succeeded by | Jan Beagle |
| Chancellor of the University of Salford | |
| In office 2009–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Professor Sir Martin Harris |
| Succeeded by | Jackie Kay |
| Secretary-General of Amnesty International | |
| In office 2001–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Sané |
| Succeeded by | Salil Shetty |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Irene Zubaida Khan 24 December 1956 Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi, British |
| Education | Law |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester Harvard Law School |
Irene Zubaida Khan (born 24 December 1956) is a Bangladeshi lawyer appointed as of August 2020 to be the United Nations Special Rapporteur for freedom of expression and opinion.[1] She previously served as the seventh Secretary General of Amnesty International (from 2001 to 2009). In 2011, she was elected Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Rome, an intergovernmental organization that works to promote the rule of law, and sustainable development. She was a consulting editor of The Daily Star in Bangladesh from 2010 to 2011.[2]
- ^ "Human Rights Council adopts four resolutions, appoints four special procedure mandate holders, and concludes its forty-fourth session". United Nations Human Rights Council.
- ^ "Ms. Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression". United Nations The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Retrieved 13 April 2021.