Attiya Waris

Attiya Waris
in 2018
Born	25 October 1974 Nairobi, Kenya
Education	University of Lancaster, Pretoria, London and Nairobi
Occupation(s)	Professor, researcher and writer
Employer	University of Nairobi
Known for	Tax avoidance and human rights, llicit financial flows, fiscal law

Attiya Waris (born 25 October 1974) is a Kenyan professor at the University of Nairobi and a writer about financing development from diverse perspectives including illicit financial flows and corporate tax reform. She became the UN Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights in 2021.^[1] She is the Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Capabuild Foundation and a Commissioner on the Lancet-O’Neil Commission on Racism and Structural Discrimination in Health.