Nazhat Shameem
Nazhat Shameem | |
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Shameen at the Palais des Nations in Geneva during the 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council | |
| Deputy Prosecutor of International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 7 March 2022 Serving with Mame Mandiaye Niang | |
| Preceded by | James Stewart |
| President of the United Nations Human Rights Council | |
| In office 15 January 2021 – 31 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger |
| Succeeded by | Federico Villegas |
| Permanent Representative of the Republic of Fiji to the United Nations | |
| In office 2014 – 7 June 2022 | |
| High Court Judge | |
| In office 1999 – April 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) |
| Relations | Shaista Shameem (sister) |
| Children | 1 |
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Nazhat Shameem Khan (born 1960) is a Fijian diplomat, lawyer and former judge who is a deputy prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2022. She served as the Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations from 2014 to 2022 and the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2021. She previously served as a judge of the High Court of Fiji from 1999 to 2009, the first woman to do so.