International Crisis Group chief Louise Arbour is on the line this week. Ms. Arbour is a true human rights pioneer, perhaps best known as the war crimes prosecutor who served Slobodan Milosevic his indictment for genocide. In this episode, she tells me about her amazing journey from law school in Quebec to the war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and how one dark episode of Canadian history propelled her to fight governments who abuse their citizens.
Previous episodes
What Obama Left Out of His Big Foreign Policy Speech
Episode 18: Zalmay Khalizad, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the UN.
Why Libya is Suddenly on the Verge of a Civil War
Episode 17: Gov Bill Richardson, he frees hostages.
The Foreign Policy Implications of India’s Elections
Episode 16: Carolyn Miles, CEO of Save the Children
Episode: 15 Laura Turner Seydel, philanthropist
Episode 14: Douglas Ollivant, Iraq expert
Episode 13: Gary Bass, historian
Episode 12: Mark Montgomery, demographer
Episode 11: Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watcher
Episode 10: Live from the UN, Volume 2.
Episode 9: Mia Farrow, humanitarian activist and Goodwill Ambassador
Episode 8: Suzanne Nossel, Big Thinker
Episode 7: Live from the UN, Volume 1.
Episode 6: PJ Crowley, former State Department Spokesperson
Episode 5: Octavia Nasr, reporter
Episode 4: Arsalan Iftikhar, “The Muslim Guy”
Episode 3: Dodge Billingsley, filmmaker.
Episode 2: Laura Seay, @TexasinAfrica
Episode 1: Heather Hurlburt, national security wonk