Rajesh Talwar is a lawyer and writer from India. He has written several books on the topics of law and human rights.

Talwar studied economics at the University of Delhi. Subsequently, he studied for an LL.M in human rights law at the University of Nottingham, England, funded by a Chevening Scholarship.^[1]

Rajesh Talwar is both a practitioner and teacher of law. He taught LL.B students at both Delhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia.^[2] Thereafter, he began working for the United Nations in various capacities. His work with the U.N. took him across the world including Somalia, Liberia, Kosovo and Afghanistan^[3].^{[citation needed]}

Rajesh Talwar's career in writing includes 'Courting Injustice: The Nirbhaya Case and Its Aftermath,^[4] How to Choose a Lawyer – and Win Your Case.^[5] and 'Making Your Own Will'.^[6]

Rajesh Talwar has been interviewed for his views on the Indian justice system by The New York Times^[7] He has written for newspapers including The New Indian Express,^[8] and The Daily Guardian.^[9]

Talwar's work for children includes a play titled The Boy Who Wrote a Constitution based on the childhood of B. R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.^[10] His other children's books include The Three Greens (Orient BlackSwan).^[11]

He has been a speaker at the Pune International Literary Festival^[12] and the Pragati EVichaar Literary Festival amongst others.^[13]