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". The Beehive. 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.{{cite web}}: 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 (6 February 2012). "Lawyer with a passion for the Pacific". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  8. Obituaries Law Society


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