Irene Khan
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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, the first woman appointed to this mandate.[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]
Quick Facts UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, Preceded by ...
Irene Khan | |
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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 (1956-12-24) 24 December 1956 (age 67) Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) |
Nationality | Bangladeshi, British |
Education | Law |
Alma mater | University of Manchester Harvard Law School |
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