Irene Khan

Irene Zubaida Khan (born 24 December 1956) is a British-Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights activist. She is currently serving as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations . Before joining this she was the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion.

Khan served as the seventh Secretary General of Amnesty International during 2001–2009. In 2011, she was elected Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Rome, an intergovernmental organisation 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.