Colin Aikman Explained
Colin Aikman |
Birth Name: | Colin Campbell Aikman |
Birth Date: | 24 August 1919 |
Citizenship: | New Zealand |
Colin Campbell Aikman (24 August 1919 – 22 December 2002) was a New Zealand public servant, lawyer and diplomat. He was professor of jurisprudence and constitutional law at Victoria University of Wellington between 1955 and 1968; first Vice Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji; and New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and Ambassador to Nepal between 1975 and 1978.[1] [2]
He reported on the Nuremberg trials for the New Zealand government[3] and spoke for New Zealand at the UN when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted.[4]
Aikman was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977.[5] In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to law and education.
Aikman's daughter, Helen Aikman (6 December 1955 – 8 January 2012) was a Queen's Counsel.[6] [7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Death of Leading NZ Constitutional Lawyer Dr Colin Aikman . The Beehive . beehive.govt.nz . 23 December 2002 . 16 June 2014.
- Web site: Archived copy . 16 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306115849/http://www.victoria.ac.nz/law/research/publications/vuwlr/prev-issues/pdf/vol-34-2003/issue-4/keith.pdf . 6 March 2016 . dead .
- Web site: Young Kiwi lawyer unimpressed by feared Nazis at war crimes trial - National - NZ Herald News . Nzherald.co.nz . 12 August 2006 . 16 June 2014.
- Web site: Rosslyn Noonan: Promoting human rights part of our national identity - National - NZ Herald News . Nzherald.co.nz . 8 December 2008 . 16 June 2014.
- Book: Taylor . Alister . Coddington . Deborah . Alister Taylor . Deborah Coddington . Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand . 1994 . New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa . Auckland . 0-908578-34-2 . 42.
- Web site: Tim Donoghue . Lawyer with a passion for the Pacific . 6 February 2012 . Stuff.co.nz . 16 June 2014.
- http://my.lawsociety.org.nz/in-practice/people/obituaries/obituaries-list/helen-mary-aikman-qc-1955-2012 Obituaries