Ms Rosslyn Noonan, of Auckland, for services to human rights
TO RECEIVE THE INSIGNIA OF A COMPANION OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT
Ms Rosslyn Noonan, of Auckland, for services to human rights
Rosslyn Noonan was the Chief Commissioner of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission from 2001 to 2011. She led the Commission’s transformation from an anti-discrimination body to an internationally acclaimed human rights institution, and initiated the first New Zealand Action Plan for Human Rights.
She is Chairperson of Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand. She was Director of the New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice at the University of Auckland’s Law School.
She recently chaired the Review into New Zealand’s Family Justice Services. She has represented New Zealand workers at the International Labour Conference.
On the nomination of the Asia Pacific region, Ms Noonan was Chairperson of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.