The appointment of Louise Arbor as the new Governor General of Canada caused positive reactions among the Bosnian community in that country. Her appointment is seen by many as recognition of the long-standing struggle for international justice, especially in connection with the war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The decision on the appointment was made by Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Arbour will represent the British monarch in this position and perform the highest state and constitutional duties in Canada.
She is a lawyer with an extremely rich career, which included the highest judicial and international positions, including the position of judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Among the public in Bosnia and Herzegovina, her name is particularly recognizable for the period when she was the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. During her mandate from 1996 to 1999, she led key investigations of war crimes, including the historic indictment against the then president of Serbia, Slobodan Milošević, which was an important precedent in international law.
During her tenure in The Hague, her mandate was marked by the intensification of investigations and prosecutions of high-ranking political and military actors responsible for war crimes, including genocide and ethnic cleansing. She stayed in Bosnia and Herzegovina several times, where she got to know first-hand the consequences of the war.
After her engagement at the Tribunal, she continued to act on the international scene, where she warned about political challenges in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the need to strengthen state institutions.
The function of the Governor General of Canada entails the representation of the British monarch, as well as the performance of ceremonial and constitutional duties, along with the symbolic role of preserving the institutional stability of the country.
(Vijesti.ba)
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