2024-2027 PhD Fellow
Tal Cohen Tabibi is a doctoral student in the Child and Youth Rights Program at the Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Faculty of Law. Tal is an alumna of the faculty, having completed a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with honors. She later pursued a master's degree in Criminology at Haifa University and is currently a doctoral student at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, the Hebrew University.
Her PhD research focuses on the voice and the participation of children - both victims and offenders - across various ages, in restorative justice programs as a means of expressing their right for life, survival and development and the right to participate. In a previous study she examined the experiences of female offenders with children who have successfully completed the community court program. This study specifically looked at how their relationships, including those with their children, have evolved since completing the program. The study was part of a comprehensive evaluation study on community courts in Israel being conducted by Professors Tali Gal from the Hebrew University, Avital Mentovich from the University of Haifa, and Hadar Danzig-Rosenberg from Bar-Illan University.
Before turning to research, Tal worked as a lawyer at the Public Defense Office and as a facilitator of Family Group Conferences at the Kedem organization. Kedem is a non-profit organization authorized to conduct restorative justice processes in juvenile offending cases on behalf of the Israeli Youth Probation Service and under its supervision.
2023-2026 PhD Fellow
Moriah Omar-Attali is a doctoral student in the Child and Youth Rights Program at the Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Faculty of Law. Moriah is a graduate of the faculty, having completed an honors program that integrates a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA). Later she studied for an additional master's degree in the program for management and policy in education at Tel Aviv University and is currently a doctoral student at the School of Education at the Hebrew University.
Her research as part of her PhD deals with the voice and agency of students in the classroom as part of technology-based improvement processes, as a means of expressing their right to participate. In previous studies she dealt with entrepreneurship in education as well as the laughter of students as part of classroom discourse.
Before turning to research in education, Moriah worked as a lawyer, as an editor at Calcalist’s news desk and in economic development in underprivileged neighborhoods in the city of Lod. She subsequently engaged in various educational initiatives in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, working in schools and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with both children and at-risk adults.