page_title: Yves Fortier (lawyer)
section_title: Positions held with arbitration organisations
hierarchical_section_title: Yves Fortier (lawyer) / Arbitration career / Positions held with arbitration organisations
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Une des salles de réunion de la Cour permanente d'arbitrage siégeant dans le Palais de la Paix au même titre que la Cour internationale de Justice
context_page_description: Louis Yves Fortier, PC, CC, OQ, QC, Ad.E., is a Canadian diplomat, trial and appellate lawyer, arbitrator and corporate director. He served as the Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations from August 1988 to December 1991. In August 2013, he became a member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee and the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. He also served as the national president of the Canadian Bar Association in 1982-1983.
context_section_description: From 1984 to 1989, Fortier was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration located at The Hague, Netherlands.  From 1998 to 2001, he served as President of the London Court of International Arbitration.
  After leaving Ogilvy Renault, in 2012 Fortier joined Arbitration Place in Toronto and is currently a Member Arbitrator. He is also a member of 20 Essex Street in London, a commercial barristers and arbitrators chambers.
  In June 2012, Fortier was appointed chair of the World Bank Group's Sanctions Board in order to help combat corruption and fraud in projects financed by the World Bank.
caption: Permanent Court of Arbitration courtroom.
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