Souhayr Belhassen (born 19 June 1943) is a Tunisian human rights activist and journalist.

She has served as the President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) based in Paris since April 26, 2007.

From late 1970s, she also worked as à correspondent in Tunisia, for the weekly Jeune Afrique and Reuters News Agency.

[5] Born of a Tunisian parents in Indonesia, she is the granddaughter of Hachemi Elmekki, journalist and founder of nationalist satirical newspapers written in Tunisian Arabic.She graduated in law from the University of Tunis and then from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris.

She was elected on April 24, 2007 at the head of this NGO, replacing the Senegalese Sidiki Kaba who supported her.