A Quest
for Justice

What happens when the world refuses to listen to women, and why sexual violence in war is an issue that must shock the world? In a special episode, Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari hosts Advisory Board member and recipient of the prestigious Kyoto Prize, Prof. Carol Gilligan. Through their joint research and international advocacy, they break down the challenges involved in recognizing sexual violence as a war crime under international law, and reveal the critical role of organizations like the Dina Project in the fight for the truth.

How do you build bridges of justice where others choose to look the other way? In a Cross-Borders episode, Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari hosts Raheel Raza – a leader, award-winning journalist, and uncompromising human rights activist with a rich resume that includes managing the Forum for Learning, serving on the advisory board of the Abraham Accords Peace Initiative, and leading Muslim organizations fighting anti-Semitism and extremism. Raheel brings a refreshing and important perspective. Join us for an inspiring conversation about gender equality, human dignity, and the critical importance of international partnership in the fight for truth.

How can masses of terrorists be prosecuted for sexual crimes when a specific perpetrator cannot be linked to a specific victim? In this episode, we speak with retired Judge Nava Ben-Or, who shares the moment she realized the conventional justice system might allow Hamas terrorists to evade accountability. Join us for a fascinating conversation about the formulation of a precedent-setting legal theory—which seeks to impose joint liability on everyone who took part in the attack—and the mechanisms of hatred and dehumanization that enable people to turn sexual violence into a weapon of war.

What will happen if the State of Israel abandons prosecuting Hamas terrorists for sexual crimes? In this episode, we will speak with the project director, Att. Col (Res.) Sharon Zagagi-Pinhas, former Chief Military Prosecutor, and delve into the gap between factual truth and legal truth. We will discuss the burning issues of transferring the Nuhba trials to the military system, the dangers inherent in the death penalty law for terrorists, and the state's deafening silence, which could lead to a narrative disaster and the erasure of the voices of the victims.

How do you prove what the world chooses to deny, when the scenes were burned and most of the victims were murdered? In the second chapter of the treatise, Project Dina director, Att. Col (Res.) Sharon Zagagi-Pinhas, former Chief Military Prosecutor, will talk about the effort to collect evidence from the chaos of the October Seven: how to put together a complete picture from fragments of testimony, how to prove that sexual crimes did indeed occur at the massacre scenes, and how to legally establish that sexual violence was a planned and systematic tool of war. A journey behind the scenes of building the evidentiary infrastructure that will change history.

How do we deal with the world's silence in the face of evidence of the horror? In the premiere episode, we hear from Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, one of the project's founders and a former member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - about her immediate understanding that these are patterns of sexual violence as a tool of war, about her deep sense of betrayal in the face of the double standard of her members in international women's organizations, and about her stubborn fight to put Hamas on the UN's 'blacklist'.