The Israeli Independent Public - Abstract of the Inquiry Report - December 2021

Inquiry Members

The members of the Israeli Independent Public Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse are specialists from a number of fields related to the subject of child sexual abuse. They are active professionally as scholars, in the legal system, as public and social activists, and in managing services in the area of child sexual abuse. The inquiry’s members have been active for many years in promoting the welfare of child sexual abuse survivors in Israel, combating the phenomenon, and improving the services provided to children and survivors.

Judge (Retired) Nava Ben-Or Retired Jerusalem District Court Judge and former Deputy State Attorney for Criminal Affairs. Judge Ben-Or is the chairperson of the Israeli Independent Public Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

“For me, the inquiry brings closure. As an attorney, and later as a judge, the encounter with child sexual abuse survivors was always from the legal standpoint. The public inquiry is, for me, the place where survivors will be the focus of attention, allowing them to express their insights and experience regarding all the relevant aspects: education, welfare, law enforcement, and more – factors and considerations that often cannot be heard during legal proceedings, by the very nature of these proceedings. This is the great importance I attach to the inquiry, which can glean important insights from the personal narratives of survivors of child sexual abuse – insights that the legal system cannot produce on its own.”

The Israeli Independent Public Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

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