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Presented by
Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy
Law Professor, Reichman University; Davis Institute for International Relations, the Hebrew University; Founder and Head, the Dvora Institute for Gender and Sustainability Studies

In her lecture, Dr Cochav Elkayam-Levy delves into the harrowing aftermath of the October 7th terror attack, focusing on the gender-based crimes and the insidious weaponisation of families that ensued. In the wake of these atrocities Dr Elkayam-Levy established the Civil Commission on 7^th October Crimes by Hamas against women, children and families and she will discuss its mission to establish an archive documenting these tragic events and the victims’ stories. Dr Elkayam-Levy’s emphasizes the importance of thorough historical documentation to honor the victims, give them voice and facilitate research into this dark chapter.

Read her latest opinion piece co-written with Prof Irwin Cotler, published on Monday 20th May 2024 in the Times of Israel: Kinicide: A New Crime Against Humanity.

Bio:

Dr Cochav Elkayam-Levy is the founder and chair of the Dvora Institute for Gender and Sustainability Studies, as well as the Civil Commission on 7th Oct. Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children. She notably served as the principal author of the National Report on Gender Mainstreaming in Times of Emergencies, which was adopted by the Israeli government in June 2022.

Dr Elkayam-Levy is a Sophie Davis Post-Doctoral Fellow at Hebrew University’s Leonard Davis Institute’s program on Gender, Conflict Resolution. She teaches human rights law, international law, climate justice, and feminist theories at Hebrew University and Reichman University and is a Senior Fellow at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.

Dr Elkayam-Levy was awarded the Israel Prize in the field of Solidarity (Arvut Hadadit) for her work in raising awareness of the crimes committed by Hamas on and following October 7th against Israeli women, children, men, and families. Recognized for her leadership, she was named one of the most promising young leaders under 40 in Israel by The Marker Magazine in 2022 (Ha'aretz). Her recent contributions include co-authoring an analysis of the implications of the government's legal reform on the lives of women in Israel.

With a background as an SJD and a former Human Rights Scholar of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Dr Elkayam-Levy has also served as a Perry World House Fellow. Recognized globally, she is a Salzburg Global Fellow for Outstanding Scholars in International Law, based in Washington DC, and a distinguished member of the President’s new Climate Forum.

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