Rajeev Dhavan (born 4 August 1946) is an Indian Senior Advocate, a human rights activist, and a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists.He is the author or co-author of numerous books on legal and human rights topics, and is a regular columnist in the leading newspapers in India. He is the son of the late diplomat and jurist Shanti Swaroop Dhavan.

Dhavan led the attorney team for the Muslims in the famous Babri Masjid case.

Dhavan is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India and was designated in 1994. He runs the Public Interest Legal Support and Research Centre, which tries to make youth aware of constitutional and legal subjects. Dhavan was elected to the International Commission of Jurists in 1998 and was a member of the Executive Committee between 2003 and 2007, and from 2009. He was appointed as the chairperson of the Executive Committee in 2009.