
Ahmad Taufan Damanik
Chairperson of the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission
Position: Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (2017-2020)
Place / Date of Birth: Pematang Siantar, June 29, 1965
Email: taufan.damanik@komnasham.go.id
Last Education: S2 (University of Essex, 2005)
Work History
Lecturer at the Department of Communication, USU's FISIP, 1987-2003
Lecturer in Masters of Sociology, FISIP USU, 2015-2016
Guest Lecturer, STIKP Meda, 1992-1997
Lecturer in Masters in Development Studies, Masters in Development Studies at USU, 2009-2015
Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Department of Political Science, FISIP USU, 2003-present
Member of the Supervisory Board, PDAM Tirtanadi from 2013-present
Vice Chair, Indonesia Representative For Child Rights, The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection on the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), 2010-2013
Member Indonesia Representative for Child Rights, The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection on the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), 2013-2016
Member of the North Sumatra Regional Research Council, North Sumatra Provincial Government, 2013-2016
Member of Indonesia Representative for Child Rights, ACWC, 2010-2016
Project Evaluation Consultant on Andaman Refugee, Save The Children Indonesia, 2016
Releasing Consultant for Community-Based Handling of Children Victims of Conflict Project, Save the Children Aceh, 2008
Freelance Consultant for Issu Children In Armed Conflict, UNICEF, Banda Aceh, 2007
Freelance Consultant for Issu Separated Children, Aceh Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR), 2006
Consultant / Regional Coordinator for the Community Empowerment Facilitator Development Project (PFPM), World Bank-British Council-IGGRD-SWCU Salatiga, 2006-2007
Freelance Consultant for Issu Separated Children for Children Victims of Conflict in Timor Leste, Aceh and Kalimantan, UNICEF Jakarta, 2000-2001
Awards
Favorite Lecturer in Political Science, FISIP USU, 2010
Award from the Governor of North Sumatra, 2010
Humanitarian Examplary, Human Rights and Peace Building During Aceh in Conflict and Situation, in the framework of The 10th Anniversary of Peach in Aceh from the Aceh Peace Forum, 2015.