Rajeev Dhavan was born on 4 August 1946 and is an Indian Senior Advocate, a human rights activist, and a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists.
12 Facts About Rajeev Dhavan
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Rajeev Dhavan is the author or co-author of numerous books on legal and human rights topics, and is a regular columnist in the leading newspapers in India.
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Rajeev Dhavan is the son of the late diplomat and jurist Shanti Swaroop Dhavan.
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Rajeev Dhavan did his schooling from Boys' High School and College and Sherwood College, Nainital.
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Rajeev Dhavan studied law at Allahabad University, then at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and London University.
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Rajeev Dhavan is an Honorary Professor at the Indian Law Institute.
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Rajeev Dhavan is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India, as he was designated in 1994.
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Rajeev Dhavan was elected to the International Commission of Jurists in 1998 and was a member of the Executive Committee between 2003 and 2007 and from 2009.
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Rajeev Dhavan was appointed the chairperson of the Executive Committee in 2009.
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In March 2003, Rajeev Dhavan was a signatory to a statement that condemned the American-led invasion of Iraq and called it "unprovoked, unjustified and violative of international law and the United Nations Charter".
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Rajeev Dhavan has represented the Babri Masjid Action Committee before the Allahabad High Court over the title to the land on which the mosque stood before being destroyed by a mob in 1992.
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Rajeev Dhavan alleged the judges during the hearing of having an aggressive tone but later apologized by stating that he had been emotionally carried away during the hearing.