Louise Arbour and the Battle for Human Rights

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In The Crossfire: Louise Arbour and the Battle for Human Rights
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Louise Arbour has what her predecessor called "the job from hell." She is the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at a time when jihad and
æthe war against terror' dominate world affairs and erode human rights.

Arbour is a Canadian who, as UN's War Crimes Prosecutor for the former
Yugoslavia and Rwanda, indicted Slobodan Milosevic. She served four years on
Canada's Supreme Court before Kofi Annan gave her another platform for her
activism and strong views of human rights.

Our film catches up with Arbour one year into her new job. The genocide in
Darfur rages on. In Congo, Uzbekistan, Chechnya and Colombia, warlords and
tyrants persecute and plunder. The UN embodies humanity's most noble sentiments
but when the politics get complex, as in Darfur, the world body is paralyzed,
its legitimacy in question. In the meantime, innocent civilians, mainly women
and children, are deprived of their dignity and of their most fundamental
rights.

Arbour's experience as War Crimes Prosecutor has given her a reputation for
toughness. Her new job description is more complex and far-reaching. As
Arbour tries to reform her office and the UN while herself under attack, the
crisis in Darfur deepens and the world demands action. Arbour is caught in
the crossfire between the best of our human intentions and the ugly reality
of big-power politics. Her tenacity and strong moral sense, rooted in her
Canadian heritage and strengthened by her previous work assignments, give us
hope.

This film follows Arbour as she reflects, develops her strategies and organizes
her troops and travels to places of crisis. The film also allows viewers to
experience from within the step-by-step process of her battle for human rights.
This vigorous and determined woman challenges each and every one of us with
questions on how to confront today's human rights crises with compassion and
determination.