CV for Louise
Arbour
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
(2004 - )
Born: 10 February 1947, Montréal, Québec
Citizenship: Canadian
Professional Experience
June 1999
Appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, effective 15 September 1999
February 1996
Appointed by the Security Council of the United Nations as Chief Prosecutor for The International
Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, effective 1 October 1996
April 1995
Appointed by Order-in-Council as single Commissioner to conduct an inquiry into certain events at the
Prisons for Women in Kingston
February 1990
Appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario
December 1987
Appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario (High Court of Justice)
July - December 1987
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
1977-1987
Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
1975
Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
1974 Lecturer in Criminal Procedure, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
1972
Research Officer, Law Reform Commission, Member of the Criminal Procedure Project
1971-1972
Law Clerk for Mr. Justice Louis-Philippe Pigeon, Supreme Court of Canada
1970
Articling, Legal Department, City of Montreal
Education and Degrees
1967
B.A. Collège Regina Assumpta, Montréal
1970
LL.L. (with distinction) Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal
1970-1971
Quebec Bar Admission Course
1971
Called to the Quebec Bar
1977
Called to the Ontario Bar
Honorary Doctorates
1995
York University
1997
University of Ottawa
1999
Law Society of Upper Canada; University of New Brunswick; Laurentian University; Université du
Québec à Montréal
2000
Université Libre de Bruxelles;University of Victoria; Kingston Royal Military College; Chicago-Kent
College of Law; Université de Montréal; McMasters University; University of Western Ontario;