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The late Raja Aziz Addruse, who passed away after a long illness at 75 on July 12, 2011, will always be remembered as a champion of human rights.
A one-time Bar Council president (1976-78, 1988-89 and 1992-94), he was a tireless campaigner for judicial independence and the rule of law.
A Lincoln's Inn graduate and a Perak royal, he was a member of the International Commission of Jurists together with former Bar Council president and United Nations special rapporteur Datuk Param Cumaraswamy and former Chief Justice Tun Suffian Hashim.
He was also the founder president of the Malaysian Association of Human Rights (Hakam) in 1989.
