Dr Claire Achmad became Aotearoa /New Zealand’s Chief Children's Commissioner and Chair of the Commission in November 2023, a role she will hold for 5 years.
She holds a doctorate in international children’s rights law from Leiden University, the Netherlands, and has published internationally on a range of children's rights issues.
She also holds degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Auckland and has worked for children’s NGOs and international organisations in Aotearoa, Australia and Europe, held a senior role within Te Kāhui Tika Tangata the New Zealand Human Rights Commission, and practised as in-house legal counsel in the New Zealand government. She was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2007.
How does she see her job as Chief Children’s Commissioner? What have children been telling her about their lives? And what are some of the issues facing our mokopuna and rangatahi?
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Episode 4 - Dr Claire Achmad