Nazhat Shameem Khan (born 1960) is a Fijian diplomat and former judge who served as the Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations from 2014 to 2022.
She has attended conferences internationally and has delivered papers on corruption, judicial transparency and gender equality.
She also heard a case on mandatory imprisonment for drug offenders in 2001, and declared such sentences as disproportionately severe and in breach of Section 25 of the Constitution.
In 2004, Justice Shameem was a keynote speaker at the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commission's international conference 'Beyond Bullying : Sex/Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Class/Status – Celebrating Difference, Embracing Equality', held in Hobart, Tasmania.
He later accepted a settlement with the Bainimarama government of a lump sum, his pension and the dropping of all charges in return for his resignation.
She chaired the meeting as the most senior judge of the High Court and with the concurrence of the two other members of the Commission.
The Law Society brought a judicial review action against the acting appointment of the Chief Justice.
[5] On 27 October 2014, she presented her credentials as Fiji's permanent representative to the World Trade Organization to Director-General Roberto Azevedo.