Hilal Elver (born November 29, 1953) is a member of the Academic Council of the UN Least Developed Countries (2011-2021)[1] and was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from June 2, 2014, until May 1, 2020.

[2] She is also a research professor at University of California, Santa Barbara[3] and a Global Distinguished Fellow at the Resnick Food Law and Policy Center UCLA Law School.

[2] Her appointment as Special Rapporteur was criticized by the governments of the United States and Canada.

[4][5] Elver is the author of three books, including The Headscarf Controversy: Secularism and Freedom of Religion (2012) and Peaceful Uses of International Rivers: The Case of the Euphrates and Tigris River Basin (2002).

Elver grew up in a Turkish Muslim family, but no longer practices Islam.