Louise Arbour, is the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

Supreme Court of Canada

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 and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

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 and Rwanda

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

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. She has since July 2009 served as President and CEO of the International Crisis Group

International Crisis Group

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Born in Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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 to Bernard Arbour and Rose Ravary, the owners of a hotel chain. She attended convent school, during which time her parents divorced.