Md. Moinul Islam Chowdhury

Md. Moinul Islam Chowdhury is a retired justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was appointed Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh in February 2026.

Early life Chowdhury was born on 7 April 1957. He completed his bachelor's in law and another in art from the University of Dhaka.

In April 2015, the corruption case against Zubaida Rahman, wife of Tareque Rahman, reached Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan's docket. The corruption case was filed on 26 September 2007 by the Anti Corruption Commission against Tareque Rahman, Zubaida Rahman, and Iqbal Mand Banu. In March 2016, Hossain and Justice JBM Hassan declared the government eviction of stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh outside of their designated refugee camp legal. It ordered the government to rehabilitate those who had Bangladesh identity papers and were loyal to the country. Hossain was sued under the Digital Security Act.

In August 2019, Chowdhury and Justice Khizir Hayat denied bail to Moazzem Hossain, a police officer and investigator of the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, recording and releasing the dying statement of the murder victim on social media.

In March 2021, Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq upheld the corruption conviction on Awami League member of parliament Haji Mohammad Salim from April 2008.