1. Gabriela "Gaby" Lasky Schutz is an Israeli politician, attorney, feminist, human rights activist, and social activist.
15 Facts About Gaby Lasky
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Gaby Lasky was a member of the Tel Aviv city council between 2013 and 2018, representing Meretz, and was the secretary general of the Israeli peace organization Peace Now.
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Gaby Lasky was born in Mexico City, Mexico to a Jewish family.
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Gaby Lasky studied at the College of Management, University of Tel Aviv, and Northwestern University.
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Gaby Lasky has handled many high-profile cases, including those of conscientious objectors refusing to enlist for compulsory military service, whistleblowers, and Palestinian civilians arrested by Israeli security forces, and has argued some of their cases before Israel's Supreme Court.
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Gaby Lasky is legal adviser to protest and social change organizations, including the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and Breaking the Silence, and was formerly the chairperson of the Human Rights Legislation Committee of the Israeli Bar Association.
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Gaby Lasky is a feminist political and social activist, and a member of the Meretz political party.
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Gaby Lasky served for five years as a Tel Aviv city council member and ran for the Knesset once before, and stood for election in the April 2019 elections.
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Gaby Lasky was Secretary General of Peace Now in the early 2000s.
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Gaby Lasky initiated the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 regarding inclusion of women in key decision-making roles as a Tel Aviv municipal law.
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In 2012, Gaby Lasky was awarded the Emil Greenzweig Human Rights Award by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
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On 6 August 2019, the Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky received a Human Rights Award in the memory of the Swedish lawyer Anna Dahlback.
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Gaby Lasky expressed her unwavering and staunch support for universal human rights.
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Gaby Lasky is part of Havaya, an organization dedicated to organizing Jewish marriage ceremonies outside the mandatory Orthodox framework of Israel.
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Gaby Lasky is married, has two children and lives in Tel Aviv.