Sumaiya Khair

Sumaiya Khair is a law professor, researcher, and human rights activist. She is the former chair of the Department of Law at the University of Dhaka. She is an advisor to the executive committee of Transparency International Bangladesh. She is a member of the Constitution Reform Commission. She is a former deputy executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.

Early life Khair did her bachelors and master's in law at the University of Dhaka in 1984 and 1985. He completed her PhD at the University of East London. She received the University Grants Commission Award in 2011.

Khair was appointed an advisor to the executive committee of Transparency International Bangladesh in 2017. She signed a statement in 2021 demanding the release of Rozina Islam, a reporter of Prothom Alo. She called on the government to renew the registration of human rights organization Odhikar in 2022.

Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Khair was made a member of the Constitution Reform Commission of the Muhammad Yunus led Interim government in October 2024.