Former UN Human Rights Czar Louise Arbour Tapped to Review Military Sex Misconduct

Then Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for International Migration, Louise Arbour speaks during a press briefing after the closing session of the UN Migration Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, on Dec. 11, 2018. AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy

OTTAWA—The federal Liberal government is tapping former Supreme Court justice and United Nations high commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour to lead what it is billing as an independent review of the military’s handling of sexual assault, harassment and other misconduct.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced Arbour’s appointment Thursday, nearly three months after the government and Canadian Armed Forces were rocked by allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour by the military’s very top commanders.