David Kretzmer LLB and LLM (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Dr.Jur (York University, Canada). He was the founding academic director of the Minerva Center for Human Rights of the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University, and was a member of the Human Rights Committee (ICCPR) from 1995-2002, serving as Vice-Chair from 2001-2002. He is now Professor Emeritus of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His previous books include The Legal Status of the Arabs in Israel (1990) and The Concept of Human Dignity in Human Rights Discourse (edited together with Eckart Klein) (2002)
Ya"el Ronen received her PhD from the University of Cambridge, following and LLB and LLM from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Prior to her academic career she served in the Israeli foreign service as a lawyer and diplomat. Professor of international law, Academic Center for Science and Law, Hod Hasharon, Israel; Research Fellow, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Her previous books include Transition from Illegal Regimes under International Law (2013) and The Iran Nuclear Issue (2011).