Members of the media may directly contact the following experts on this topic:
Errol Mendes (English only)
Full Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section.
Professor Mendes’ expertise includes Canadian politics, constitutional law and international human rights. Professor Mendes’ counts Judge Arbour as a friend and colleague.
“She is one of one of the best Supreme Court justices ever and the greatest champions of human dignity and rights in the world. She was the best chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights when she was instrumental in showing that the world must never give up fighting against the worst international criminal crime when she indicted (Slobodan) Milosevic for genocide.”
François Larocque (English and French)
Full Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section, and Research Chair on Canadian Francophonie in Law and Language Issues.
Professor Larocque’s research focuses on Canadian legal history, language rights, human rights and international law. He was worked as a paralegal with Judge Arbour and co-led the publication of ‘Doing Peace the Rights Way: Essays in Honour of Louise Arbour.’
Adam Dodek (English only)
Full Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section.
Professor Dodek’s research interests include public law encompassing constitutional and administrative law, especially the Supreme Court of Canada and relations with Government and Parliament. He clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada when she was first appointed to the Court.