Dorit Beinisch
Dorit Beinisch | |
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| President of the Supreme Court of Israel | |
| In office 2006–Present | |
| Preceded by | Aharon Barak |
| Succeeded by | none |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1942 Tel-Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine |
| Nationality | Israel |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Dorit Beinisch (Template:Lang-he) (b. 1942) is the president of the Supreme Court of Israel. She was appointed to the position on September 7, 2006, after the retirement of Aharon Barak. She is the first woman to serve as president of the Supreme Court. [1]
Biography
Dorit Beinisch (Werba) was born in 1942. Her father, Aharon Werba, a civil servant, immigrated to Palestine from Poland in 1933. Her mother, Chava, was a kindergarten teacher in Tel Aviv. She served in the Israeli Defense Forces, where she reached the rank of lieutenant. Beinisch received her law (L.L.B.) and advanced law (L.L.M.) degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1964, she married Yeheskell Beinisch , a lawyer. They have two daughters, Daniella and Michal. [2]
Legal career
A member of Israel's Supreme Court since 1995, Beinisch has an extensive career in public service. From 1989, she served as state attorney for seven years and as deputy state attorney before that. As state attorney, she headed government litigation in the magistrate, district and appellate courts. She also served as official legal advisor to government departments and agencies. She served as assistant to the Jerusalem district attorney and, subsequently, as senior assistant to the state attorney. From 1976-82, she directed the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law in the state attorney's office. She represented the state before the Supreme Court in constitutional and administrative cases.
Views and opinions
Beinisch has focused on government corruption and to ensuring that government institutions adhere to the law, with a particular emphasis placed on the IDF, the police and general security services. Standing out among her opinions as a Supreme Court justice, is a decision holding that parents cannot use corporal punishment and other decisions stressing the importance of women's and children's rights.
Lately, Dorit Beinisch gave a few judgments concerning the conflict between security needs, and civil and human rights. These judgments may be seen on the Israeli Supreme Court site.[3]