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.