Louise Arbour - former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Louise Arbour - canadian lawyer and human rights activist, from February 2004 till June 2008 she was serving as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. She is also former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR). Prior to her international career she was a Clerk of the Supreme Court of Canada. From 1972-73, Louise Arbour was research officer for the Law Reform Commission of Canada. She then taught at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, first as a Lecturer (1974), then as Assistant Professor (1975), Associate Professor (1977-1987), and finally as Associate Professor and Associate Dean (1987). She also was Vice-President of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association until her appointment to the Supreme Court of Ontario (High Court of Justice) in 1987 and to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1990.
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