Dr. Cochav Elkayam Levy is an expert in international law and human rights and recipient of the 2024 Israel Prize (Israel's highest civilian honor). She is the founder and chair of the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children and teaches at Reichman University. After October 7, she represented the Israeli women’s rights protest movement at the United Nations and was among the principal authors of a legal analysis—co-authored by leading feminist scholars—opposing the judicial overhaul. She is also the 2024 recipient of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation’s Medal of Distinction and the Jane Evans “Pursuit of Justice” Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Reform Jewish movement. Elkayam Levy sits on the Public Council of Women Wage Peace, the Israeli women’s peace movement.