Colin Aikman

Colin Campbell Aikman CBE (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]

Colin Aikman

CBE
Born
Colin Campbell Aikman

(1919-08-24)24 August 1919
Died22 December 2002(2002-12-22) (aged 83)
CitizenshipNew Zealand

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.[6]

Aikman's daughter, Helen Aikman (6 December 1955 – 8 January 2012) was a Queen's Counsel.[7][8]

References
  1. "Death of Leading NZ Constitutional Lawyer Dr Colin Aikman". beehive.govt.nz. 23 December 2002. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Young Kiwi lawyer unimpressed by feared Nazis at war crimes trial - National - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. 12 August 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  4. "Rosslyn Noonan: Promoting human rights part of our national identity - National - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  5. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 42. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  6. "No. 52174". The London Gazette. 16 June 1990. p. 30.
  7. Tim Donoghue. "Lawyer with a passion for the Pacific". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  8. http://my.lawsociety.org.nz/in-practice/people/obituaries/obituaries-list/helen-mary-aikman-qc-1955-2012


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