User profile

First name

Joy

Last name

Liddicoat

Country of residence

New Zealand

Extended profile

APC job title

Project Co-ordinator Internet Rights are Human Rights

Programmes/management systems

Communications and Information Policy Programme (CIPP)

Bio

Formerly a New Zealand human rights commissioner, Joy Liddicoat has joined APC as Project Coordinator for the new Connect your rights! Internet rights are human rights campaign. Joy's work in human rights began in earnest in 2001 when she attended the World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa. Afterwards, from 2002 until 2010, she was part of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission, working with communities in the Asia-Pacific region on human rights, women’s rights, and rights for LGTBI people. She has extensive experience in different contexts from local communities through to the United Nations. She currently lives in New Zealand.