How Much Courage Does the Law Need?
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheWithout decisive enforcement, laws are just hollow words. Courageous figures discuss how they have upheld the law using every means at their disposal. In many cases they have even put their personal safety on the line to help the law prevail.
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Claudia FENZ
Judge, Khmer Rouge Tribunal, Phnom Penh
| Ms. Claudia Fenz (Austria) has been the international judge to serve in the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) since September 2014. Judge Fenz had served as a reserve judge in the Trial Chamber since 2006. | |
| Judge Fenz holds a Doctorate of Law from the University of Vienna. In 1984 she was appointed judge in the domestic criminal justice system, holding judicial office for over 20 years in investigation, trial and appeals courts. In 2004, she was appointed an international judge with the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, dealing with organized crime, serious ethnically-motivated crime and war crimes. She then served as Head of the Rule of Law section within the EUPOLCOPPS Mission in Palestine, which provides support to the Palestinian police and criminal justice sector (2006-2008). |
Talia SASSON
Board Member and Chair of the International Council, NIF - New Israel Fund, Jerusalem
| Attorney Talia Sasson, was the President of the New Israel Fund (NIF) and Chair of it's board (2015-2018). Now she is the co -chair of the international Council of NIF. She also serves on the public councils of numerous peace and human rights organizations. In 2009, she ran for the Knesset as representative of The New Movement & Meretz. From 2004 to 2010, Mrs. Sasson taught a course on "Defending Israel's Democracy through Law" at Tel-Aviv University's Law Faculty. At the request of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, from August 2004 to March 2005, Mrs. Sasson served as a special legal advisor for the government. In that capacity she authored the Sasson Report on illegal outposts and law enforcement on Israelis in the West Bank. From 1979 to February 2004 she worked in the State Attorney’s office. From 1989 to 1993 she headed the Civil Department in the Office of the District Attorney of Jerusalem. From 1996 to 2004, she headed the Special Tasks Division of the State Attorney’s office. In this role, she represented the government of Israel before the Supreme Court for thirteen years in civil, criminal, constitutional and administrative cases and was also involved in various security and military issues. Mrs. Sasson is the author of At the Edge of the Abyss: Is the victory of the settlements the end of Israeli democracy? which was published in 2015. |
Tom ASHBROOK
Host, Tom Ashbrook Conversations, Boston
| 1979-1981 | Reporter, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong |
| 1981-1996 | Deputy Managing Editor, Foreign Editor, Asia-Pacific Bureau Chief, The Boston Globe, Boston/Tokyo |
| 1996-2000 | President and Publisher, HomePortfolio.com, Boston |
| 2001-2018 | Host and Managing Editor, On Point with Tom Ashbrook, NPR/National Public Radio, Boston |
