She was born on 25 September 1949 in Peshawar,Pakistan.[2] Judge Khan obtained an LL.B. degree from Khyber Law College,Peshawar in 1969 and a Masters in Political Science degree from Peshawar University in 1971.[3]
She was inducted into the provincial Judiciary in 1974 of North West Frontier Province as a Civil Judge. She then became a Senior Civil Judge,District and Sessions Judge and elevated as a judge of High Court Peshawar (Pakistan) in June 1994. She had also held many administrative positions,such as Registrar Peshawar High Court and Secretarial positions in the Justice and Law Department,NWFP.[4]
She is a member of the International Association of Women Judges,U.S. and attended many international conferences. She contributed a paper to the Asia/South Pacific Regional Judicial Colloquium in Hong Kong on 20 May 1996,under the heading "Women and Human Rights in the Asia/Pacific Region,A perspective from South Asia". She presented a paper on "Judicial Creativity in Action" in Dublin,Ireland at the 6th Biennial Conference of International Association of Women Judges in May 2002. She has extensively worked to eradicate child labour in Pakistan and South Asia.[4]
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Judge Rashid Khan was appointed as permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 2003.[4] She served as president of the tribunal from 2011 until 2012,when she was assigned to the appeals chamber in The Hague.[5][6]
↑ "Judge Khan Elected President of the Tribunal". United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals Legacy website of the ICTR. United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
↑ "ICTR President and Vice President Elected". United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals Legacy website of the ICTR. United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
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