"From Syria to Crimea, is global governance at a loss?"

Public lecture by The Hon. Louise Arbour
2014-15 Simons Visiting Chair in Dialouge on International Law and Human Security
Asial Pacific Hall
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialouge
Simon Fraser University
September 25, 2014

The Honourable Louise Arbour is the 2014-15 Simons Visiting Chair in Dialouge on International Law and Human Security at the School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University.  

Please see the following link to view the video of her recent public lecture:

"From Syria to Crimea, is global governance at a loss?" 

The last 20 years have seen the birth of international criminal justice, a rapid expansion of the international human rights system, a focus on protection of civilians at the heart of humanitarian concerns, the growth of ambitious peacekeeping missions and the articulation of the new doctrine of responsibility to protect. Yet all this seems to have ground to a halt. Have we just reached the high-water mark of international interventions? Or are the doctrines and institutions of global conflict management in need of self-examination and reform?

The Honourable Louise Arbour assumed her current role of President & CEO of the International Crisis Group in 2009.  She previously served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2004-2008), as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada (1999-2004), and as the Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda (1996-1999).

A native of Montréal, Arbour is a Companion of the Order of Canada (2007) and a Grande Officière de l'Ordre national du Quebec (2009). Earlier in her legal career, she served on the Supreme Court of Ontario, followed by the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and then was appointed President of a Commission of Inquiry into the Kingston Prison for Women.

Arbour is affiliated with several distinguished groups including the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security; the Global Commission on Drug Policy; and the Global Commission against the Death Penalty. Along with some 40 honorary degrees, Arbour has received numerous decorations & awards including the French Legion of Honour, the Council of Europe’s North South Prize and the Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Freedom from Fear Award.