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  1. 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.

  2. Feb 10, 2010 · Louise Arbour, Canadian attorney and judge who served as the chief prosecutor of war crimes before the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and for the former Yugoslavia (1996–99) and as the United Nations high commissioner of human rights (2004–08). Learn more about Arbour’s life and career.

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  3. Louise Arbour was appointed High Commissioner for Human Rights by the Secretary-General and approved by the General Assembly, effective 1 July 2004. Ms. Arbour, a Canadian national, began a distinguished academic career in 1970, culminating in the positions of Associate Professor and Associate Dean at the Osgood Hall Law School of York ...

  4. Louise Arbour, CC, GOQ, lawyer, prosecutor, judge, Supreme Court justice 1999–2004 (born 10 Feb 1947 in Montreal, Quebec). Prior to serving on the Supreme Court of Canada, Louise Arbour was a high-profile Ontario judge and the United Nations' chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda.

  5. The Honourable Louise Arbour. View image details of the Hon. Louise Arbour. Madam Justice Arbour, B.A., LL.L. Born in Montréal, Quebec on February 10, 1947. Three children: Emilie, Patrick and Catherine Taman. Studied at the Collège Régina Assumpta in Montréal, B.A., 1967; and at the Faculté de droit of the Université de Montréal, LL.L ...

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  7. UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Louise Arbour of Canada as his Special Representative for International Migration on 9 March 2017.

  8. Dec 5, 2018 · Arbour has spent almost five decades since as an unwavering defender of civil liberties and of oppressed minorities, including victims of genocide, torture, and forced migration.

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