Maison louise arbour biography
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Honorary Member, American Society of International Law, 2000; Member, International Crisis Group, Board of Trustees, 2000; Honorary Member, Golden Key National Honour Society, 2000; Honorary Bencher of Grays Inn, London, England, 2001; Member of the International Council, Institute for Global Legal Studies of Washington University School of Law, St.
Louis, Missouri, 2001; Member, Advisory Board, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Oxford University Press (New York Law School), 2001; Member, Board of Editors, Journal of International Criminal Justice, 2003. She had passed the Quebec Bar in 1971 and in 1974 began her long and distinguished career with York University.
Career
Articler, City of Montreal, 1970; law clerk, Supreme Court of Canada, 1971-72; research officer, Law Reform Commission, 1972; lecturer, York University, 1974; assistant professor, York University, 1975; associate professor, York University, 1977-87; associate professor and associate dean, Osgoode Hall School of Law, York University, 1987; high court justice, Supreme Court of Ontario, 1987-90; member, Court of Appeal for Ontario, 1990-96; chief prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunals, 1996-99; judge, Supreme Court of Canada, 1999-2004; high commissioner for human rights, United Nations, 2004—.
She is fluent in both English and French.
And, at least in those days, my whole vision of nationalism, as for many Québécois of my generation, was a very romantic one. Appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario, 1990; Appointed as Commissioner to conduct an inquiry into certain events at the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario, 1995. Appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, September 15, 1999.
A "Gilles Vigneault" kind of nationalism, where my country is open to everyone. This time she did not refuse. Arbour was not so satisfied and found the possibility of becoming the world's representative for the protection of human rights irresistible. Born in Montréal, Quebec on February 10, 1947. to keep me interested and involved.
Perhaps as a result of her effective investigations into prison abuse in Canada, she was asked to join the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
"Louise Arbour starts work as new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights," United Nations, http://www.un.org (August 12, 2004). I think we're going through a bit of a rough patch. Her reports, which found institutionalized abuse rampant in the prison, served to help the Canadian government make significant changes in their correctional system, particularly with regard to female inmates.
"Louise Arbour seeking global justice," Press Republican, http://www.pressrepublican.com/Archive/2004/07_2004/07092004pb.htm (August 12, 2004). Her tireless work brought about indictments against former Yugoslavian dictator Slobodan Milosevic and others as well as convictions against 60 people charged with participating in the 1994 massacre in Rwanda.
Until her first appointment in 1987, she had served as the vice-president of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. I think we're living in a very messy world.