Salim Joubran
Salim Joubran (born 1947) is an Israeli Arab judge on the Israeli Supreme Court. He has served as a supreme court justice since 2003, and became a permanent member on May 2004.[1] Joubran is the first Arab to receive a permanent appointment in the Supreme Court. He is the second Arab judge to hold a supreme court appointment, preceded by Abdel Rahman Zuabi, who held a fixed nine month appointment in 1999.
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[edit] Biography
Salim Joubran was born in the German Colony neighborhood of Haifa to a Christian Arab family descended from Lebanese Maronites. He graduated from the Terra Santa School of the Franciscan Order in Acre. He earned a law degree from Jerusalem's Hebrew University, and entered private practice as a lawyer in 1970.
[edit] Legal career
In 1982, Joubran left private practice after 12 years to accept an appointment as a judge on Haifa's Magistrate's Court, where he served for 11 years. In 1993, he was appointed to Haifa's district court, and served in that capacity for another 10 years, following which he was elevated to the Supreme Court first as a temporary and then as a permanent judge.[2]
On 10 November 2011 Joubran, one of three Supreme Court judges deciding the fate of Israel’s former president, Moshe Katzav, upheld his conviction for rape.[3]
[edit] Academic and public positions
Joubran was a lecturer at the Law Faculty at the University of Haifa. He served as governor of Israel Rotary (dist. 2490) and chairman of the Zeltner Fund for legal research sponsored by Rotary Israel and Tel Aviv University.
[edit] References
- ^ "15 nominees named for 4 justice posts". Jerusalem Post. April 14, 2004.
- ^ "It was Joubran's day". Jerusalem Post. May 25, 2004.
- ^ “Israel’s courts: Left v right: A battle is under way for the control of Israel’s judicial system”, The Economist, 19 Nov 2011.
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