Institute for Research  of Genocide Canada

congratulations to the Honourable Louise Arbour, who will serve as Canada’s 31st Governor General.

On behalf of the Institute for Research of Genocide Canada, we extend our sincere congratulations and warm welcome to you upon your appointment as Governor General of Canada.

Your assumption of this distinguished office comes at an important moment in our nation's history, when the principles of human dignity, justice, reconciliation, and the protection of human rights remain essential to the strength and unity of Canadian society.

The Institute wishes to recognize and commend your exceptional contributions to international justice and human rights. As Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, you played a defining role in strengthening international criminal law, including advancing accountability for grave crimes committed during the aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina and contributing to landmark developments in the prosecution of genocide under the

1948 Genocide Convention.

Your leadership in securing early and historic genocide convictions and in bringing senior political and military leaders before international justice mechanisms marked a significant advancement in the global fight against impunity and the enforcement of international humanitarian law. Following this, your service on the Supreme Court of Canada and as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights further highlighted your commitment to justice and the protection and promotion of fundamental human rights in Canada and worldwide.

As an organization dedicated to the research, education, remembrance, and prevention of genocide and crimes against humanity, we deeply value Canada's longstanding commitment to multiculturalism, democracy, and the defence of universal human rights. We are confident that under your leadership, these values will continue to be upheld and strengthened.

We look forward to your continued support for initiatives that promote truth, justice, and the rule of law, as well as historical remembrance, intercultural dialogue, and the prevention of crimes, hatred and

Please accept our highest consideration and best wishes for success in fulfilling the importan esponsibilities entrusted to you by the people of Canada.

Respectfully, 

Dr. Emir Ramic

Director of the Institute for the Research of Genocide Canada

Institut za istraživanje genocida Kanada

?estitao ?asnoj Louise Arbour, koja ?e služiti kao 31. generalna guvernerka Kanade.

U ime Instituta za istraživanje genocida Kanade, upu?ujemo Vam iskrene ?estitke i srda?nu dobrodošlicu povodom Vašeg imenovanja za generalnog guvernera Kanade.

Vaše preuzimanje ove ugledne funkcije dolazi u važnom trenutku u historiji naše nacije, kada principi ljudskog dostojanstva, pravde, pomirenja i zaštite ljudskih prava ostaju klju?ni za snagu i jedinstvo kanadskog društva.

Institut želi da prepozna i pohvali Vaš izuzetan doprinos me?unarodnoj pravdi i ljudskim pravima. Kao glavni tužilac Me?unarodnih krivi?nih sudova za Ruandu i za bivšu Jugoslaviju u Hagu, odigrali ste odlu?uju?u ulogu u ja?anju me?unarodnog krivi?nog prava, uklju?uju?i unapre?enje odgovornosti za teške zlo?ine po?injene tokom agresije na Bosnu i Hercegovinu i doprinos prekretni?kim dešavanjima u krivi?nom gonjenju genocida prema Konvenciji o genocidu iz 1948. godine. Vaše liderstvo u osiguravanju ranih i historijskih osuda za genocid i u izvo?enju visokih politi?kih i vojnih lidera pred me?unarodne pravosudne mehanizme ozna?ilo je zna?ajan napredak u globalnoj borbi protiv nekažnjivosti i provo?enju me?unarodnog humanitarnog prava. Nakon toga, Vaš rad u Vrhovnom sudu Kanade i kao Visoki komesar Ujedinjenih nacija za ljudska prava dodatno je istakao Vašu posve?enost pravdi i zaštiti i promociji osnovnih ljudskih prava u Kanadi i širom svijeta.

Kao organizacija posve?ena istraživanju, obrazovanju, sje?anju i spre?avanju genocida i zlo?ina protiv ?ovje?nosti, duboko cijenimo dugogodišnju posve?enost Kanade multikulturalizmu, demokratiji i odbrani univerzalnih ljudskih prava. Uvjereni smo da ?e se pod Vašim vodstvom ove vrijednosti nastaviti održavati i ja?ati.

Radujemo se Vašoj kontinuiranoj podršci inicijativama koje promovišu istinu, pravdu i vladavinu prava, kao i historijsko sje?anje, interkulturalni dijalog i spre?avanje zlo?ina, mržnje i... Molimo Vas da primite naše najdublje poštovanje i najbolje želje za uspjeh u ispunjavanju važnih odgovornosti koje Vam je povjerio narod Kanade.

S poštovanjem,

Dr. Emir Rami?

Direktor Instituta za istraživanje genocida Kanada