Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Founding Academic Director of the Rackman Center for the Advancement of the Status of Women, and Co-Founder of the Dinah Project in an article for the ICJW newsletter:
“Israel is confronting multiple crises, and in times of crisis, women’s rights are often the first to be compromised.
The Rackman Center, with its established leadership in defending women’s rights, took the lead in this new social-legal struggle for justice for women.
Following October 7th, together with other experts in law and gender, communications, and former senior public officials, I co-founded the Dinah Project. The project’s purpose is to collect and document the crimes of sexual violence committed during the terror attack and against hostages, to ensure these crimes are not forgotten, to develop legal solutions enabling prosecution of terrorists for these offenses, and to end impunity.
Looking ahead, our initiative includes convening an international conference, promoting investigations through novel evidence-based analyses, advocating for our thesis of collective responsibility to enable domestic prosecution, and introducing revisions in international criminal law.
The distressing images of Shiri Bibas struggling to protect her children are seared in our hearts. In the name of this protective motherhood, we must continue to demand the return of all hostages and the end of the war, while fighting for justice for victims of sexual violence.”
Read Prof. Halper-Kaddari’s article: Fighting for justice for women in Israel’ post October 7.
