A lecture by Judge Aharon Barak (right), former President of the Israeli Supreme Court, entitled “In Search of Common Sense – Proportionality and Balancing Interests in Constitutional Adjudication” was held on 30 November 2007 in the Adam Mickiewicz assembly hall at Warsaw University’s Auditorium Maximum. (01-DEC-07)
Written by Agnieszka Chmielecka/ HRH Warsaw
Photo by Lukasz Kraszynski/ HFHR
As Supreme Court judge, A. Barak is commonly acknowledged for his activities in support of active judicature, which deals with inter alia vivid interpretation of the Constitution and overseeing Knesset laws. In the period when he served as the President of the Supreme Court, the court issued rulings crucial for Israel concerning the essence of the state, civil liberties and the competences of the Knesset and Israeli Prime Minister to enforce decisions.
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has been organizing lectures from the series devoted to the remembrance of Marek Nowicki (1947 – 2003) since 2004 together with the Open Society Institute – Budapest.
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