Shami Chakrabarti

Shami Chakrabarti is a British barrister, human-rights campaigner and Labour politician. She joined Liberty as in-house counsel in 2001 and led the civil-liberties organisation from 2003 to 2016, becoming a prominent advocate on human rights, parliamentary accountability and the rule of law. Since entering Parliament’s upper chamber, she has also served as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales and written books including *On Liberty* and *Of Women*.