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Mme Justice Louise Arbour was appointed to The Supreme Court of Canada in 1999 and will soon begin her mandate as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. In 1996, she was appointed Chief Prosecutor of War Crimes before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia and in 1995 was appointed as President of a Commission of Inquiry, under the Inquiries Act, for the purpose of investigating and reporting on events at the Prison for Women in Kingston.
Mme Justice Louise Arbour was a Research Officer for the Law Reform Commission of Canada and an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, where she taught from 1974 to 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.
Throughout her career, In addition to giving many presentations, seminars, lectures and speeches, Madam Justice Louise Arbour has co-authored a casebook and has written numerous articles, reviews and reports. She has received awards and distinctions in Canada and around the world, including 20 honorary degrees.