Ms. JD Summer Book Series: The Lion, the Fox & the Eagle, by: Carol Off

The Lion, the Fox & the Eagle, By: Carol Off

After the failure of peacekeeping missions in both Sarajevo and Rwanda in the 1990s, Louise Arbour, a Canadian judge, was tasked with the mission of bringing the perpetrators of these international crimes to justice. She was appointed to the position of Chief Prosecutor for War Crimes in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia and undertook the tremendous task of prosecuting international criminals in the United Nations Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.

Carol Off's book consists of three parts. The first two parts deal with two Canadian generals: Lewis MacKenzie, who served in the former Yugoslavia, and Romeo Dallaire, who served in Rwanda, respectively. Ms. JD readership, however, will probably be most interested in the work of Louise Arbour, chronicled in part III.

Arbour was tasked with the project of building the legitimacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Through her efforts, along with a talented team of people, these two tribunals succeeded in bringing to trial many of the leaders of atrocities from both conflicts.