Last Updated: 08 Apr, 2024 | Views: 148
Age: 77
Profession: Lawyer
Other Profession(s): Jurist, Prosecutor
Famous For: United Nations Special Representative for International Migration
Higher Education: Collège Regina Assumpta (DEC), Université de Montréal (BA, LLL)
Net Worth: $5 Million Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
On February 10, 1947, Louise Arbour was born in Montreal, Quebec, in the United States. The hotel chain founders Bernard and Rose Arbour welcomed Louise into the world when she was born in Montreal, Quebec. Her parents split while she was attending convent school. Her reputation for irreverence grew while she was the editor of the school magazine.
Louise Arbour Career:
Louise Arbour Legal career
• Arbour worked as a research officer for the Canadian Law Reform Commission.
• After that, she worked as a lecturer at York University's Osgoode Hall Law School before becoming an assistant professor, associate professor, associate dean, and associate professor in the end.
Louise Arbour Work As Chief Prosecutor
• Arbour succeeded Richard Goldstone as Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha in 1996, on Goldstone's recommendation.
• The former president of Serbia, Slobodan Milošević, was charged by her with war crimes.
Louise Arbour Supreme Court of Canada
• On May 26, 1999, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien nominated Arbour to the Canadian Supreme Court.
• After less than five years of service, Arbour departed from the Supreme Court of Canada in 2004.
Louise Arbour High Commissioner of Human Rights
• Arbour became the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights after resigning from the Canadian Supreme Court.
• She denounced several nations for their human rights histories.
Louise Arbour Awards:
• 2005: Thomas J. Dodd Prize
• 2016: Tang Prize Award
• 2009: National Order of Quebec
• 2023: Sandra Day O’Connor Justice Prize
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