Canadian lawyer, prosecutor and jurist (born 1947)
The Honourable
Louise Arbour
CC GOQ
Louise Arbour at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in 2011
United Nations Special Representative for International Migration
In office March 1, 2017 – December 31, 2018
Secretary General
António Guterres
Preceded by
Peter Sutherland
Succeeded by
Position abolished
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
In office July 30, 2004 – August 31, 2008
Secretary General
Kofi Annan Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by
Sérgio Vieira de Mello
Succeeded by
Navi Pillay
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office September 15, 1999 – July 28, 2004
Nominated by
Jean Chrétien
Preceded by
Peter Cory
Succeeded by
Rosalie Abella/Louise Charron
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia
In office October 1, 1996 – September 15, 1999
Secretary General
Boutros Boutros Ghali Kofi Annan
Preceded by
Richard Goldstone
Succeeded by
Carla Del Ponte
Personal details
Born
(1947-02-10) February 10, 1947 (age 77) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Children
3
Alma mater
Collège Regina Assumpta (DEC) Université de Montréal (BA, LLL) University of Ottawa
Louise Arbour, CC, GOQ (born February 10, 1947) is a Canadian lawyer, prosecutor and jurist.
Arbour was the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. From 2009 until 2014, she served as President and CEO of the International Crisis Group.[1] She made history with the indictment of a sitting head of state, Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milošević, as well as the first prosecution of sexual assault as a crime against humanity. From March 2017 to December 2018 she was the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for International Migration.[2] She is currently in private practice in Montreal.[3]
^"International Crisis Group - President". International Crisis Group. July 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-02.
^"Secretary-General Appoints Louise Arbour of Canada Special Representative for International Migration | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". Un.org. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
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