Nazhat Shameem

Nazhat Shameem
Shameen at the Palais des Nations in Geneva during the 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council
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
Relations	Shaista Shameem (sister)
Children	1

Nazhat Shameem Khan (born 1960) is a Fijian diplomat and former judge who served as the Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations from 2014 to 2022. She was also the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2021.^[1] She served as a judge of the High Court of Fiji from 1999 to 2009, the first woman to do so.^[2] She is currently a Deputy Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court.