Louise Arbor

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Arbor during the 2011 WEF

Louise Arbor (born February 10, 1947 in Montréal , Canada ) was from 2004 to the end of June 2008, High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations . She has been the UN special envoy for international migration since 2017.

Life

Arbor's parents owned a hotel chain. She grew up in a convent school in Québec and graduated from the University of Montréal in 1970 in civil law . From 1974 to 1987 she was Professor of Criminal Law at York University . In 1987 she was appointed first instance judge in criminal matters, but rose to the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1990 . For decades she published articles on human and civil rights .

In 1995, Arbor headed a commission to investigate the conditions of detention in Canadian prisons. From 1996 she was - as the successor to the South African Richard Goldstone - chief prosecutor of the two ad hoc tribunals ICTY , responsible for prosecuting serious crimes during the Yugoslav war , and ICTR , responsible for prosecuting the genocide in Rwanda . On September 15, 1999, she moved to the Supreme Court of Canada to become one of the nine judges in that court. In 2004, she took over the post of her predecessor, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , who was killed in an attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad in the summer of 2003 .

As Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations, Louise Arbor publicly pointed out to the UN Human Rights Council in early March 2007 the need for UN intervention to improve the human rights situation of homosexuals and called on states to take active action against human rights violations against homosexuals.

In January 2008, Arbor welcomed the entry into force of the 2004 version of the Arab Charter of Human Rights , which states:

Article 2 (3) All forms of racism , Zionism and foreign occupation and domination constitute an impediment to human dignity and a major barrier to the exercise of the fundamental rights of peoples; all such practices must be condemned and efforts must be deployed for their elimination.

After criticizing this admission, Arbor distanced itself from some statements in this statement. The declaration is still listed on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , alongside texts from international groups committed to promoting and supporting democracy.

Arbor was not available for another term after her five-year term ended on June 30, 2008. (From July 1 to August 31, 2008, the office of UN Commissioner for Human Rights was vacant. In July 2008, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon proposed the South African Navanethem Pillay as his successor, and the UN General Assembly confirmed her as the new one on September 1, 2008 High Commissioner for Human Rights.)

From 2009 to 2014 Arbor was President and CEO (Managing Director) of the International Crisis Group .

In the case of Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean ( Bolivia v Chile ), which has been pending before the International Court of Justice in The Hague since 2013 , Arbor was nominated by Chile as an ad hoc judge.

Arbor has been the UN Special Envoy for International Migration since 2017 .

The bilingual French-Canadian is unmarried and has three children.

Honors

The American Society for International Law made Louise Arbor an honorary member in 2000. She also received the Four Freedoms Award in the Freedom from Fear category that year . In 2008 she was awarded the United Nations Human Rights Prize. For 2016 she was awarded the Tang Prize in the “ Rule of law ” category .

CC , GOQ , BA LL.L. LL.D. ( hon. ) DLH ( hon. ) DLHum ( hon. ) DU ( hon. )

filming

The German-Canadian television film Hunt for Justice ( Hunt for Justice , 2005) is a documentary about Arbor's work as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ICTY - International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

items

  • Phoenix from the ashes. Reforms: UN High Commissioner LA (Interview, German). In: Structure. The Jewish monthly magazine. 2/2005. Zurich

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Other High Level Appointments | United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
  2. ↑ queer: LSVD before the Human Rights Council
  3. ↑ Entry into force of the Arab Declaration of Human Rights , Publication Date 25/1/2008 www.mynews.in ( Memento of the original of February 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mynews.in
  4. ^ League of Arab States, Revised Arab Charter on Human Rights, May 22, 2004, reprinted in 12 Int'l Hum. Rts. Rep. 893 (2005), entered into force March 15, 2008, available online via University of Minnesota
  5. ↑ The UN enables hatemongers , by John Robson, The Ottawa Citizen, Published: Friday, February 01, 2008 www.canada.com ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.canada.com
  6. ↑ UN Rights Chief Must Clarify Endorsement of Arab Charter with Anti-Semitic Provisions www.unwatch.org
  7. ↑ STATEMENT BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE ARAB CHARTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS, Geneva, January 30, 2008, www.unhchr.ch
  8. ↑ www.ohchr.org
  9. ↑ History of ICG in crisisgroup.org. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  10. ↑ Louise Arbor at Time. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  11. ↑ Roosevelt Institute, List of Prize Winners ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 14, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rooseveltinstitute.org
  12. ↑ United Nations Human Rights Prize 2008. United Nations Human Rights, April 2, 2008, accessed December 30, 2008 .

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian judge and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Montréal