Sigma Huda

Sigma Huda (; 1944/1945 – 17 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi lawyer. She was the founding president of Bangladesh Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) and founder and secretary of Institute for Law and Development (ILD). Her late husband, Nazmul Huda, was a former Bangladesh Nationalist Party government minister and barrister.

Career Huda was the lawyer of Anup Chetia alias Golap Barua, a leader of ULFA who filed for asylum in Bangladesh.

Activism From 2004, Huda served as United Nations special rapporteur on human trafficking. She was known for her views on prostitution. In her report for the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, she said:

"The demand for commercial sex is often further grounded in social power disparities of race, nationality, caste, and colour."

The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of the judges and lawyers issued a statement on 2 September 2007, expressing concern that Huda had not been given a fair trial. He said it received reports indicating that the right to legal representation and the independence of the court had been severely affected during her trial. "Defense lawyers felt pressured, they had no opportunity to visit her in prison, and could only meet with her at the end of the hearings. They also had difficulties accessing the case files and other relevant information, thus compromising their ability to ensure an adequate defence."

Personal life and death Huda was married to barrister Nazmul Huda, a former Bangladesh Nationalist Party minister, former leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF), National Alliance (NA), and leader of Bangladesh Manabadhikar Party (BMP) until his death. They had two daughters, Antara Selima Huda and Srabanti Amina Huda. They are lawyers in profession. Huda's sister, Khushi Kabir, is a social activist and her brother was Selim Kabir.