Gili Gutwirt Yafe

Gili is a passionate cause lawyer with a distinguished academic background in human rights law. Since 2019, as Director of the Local Government Division for the Movement for Quality Government in Israel, she spearheaded litigation work (two of the cases she led were selected by Israel's Supreme Court's Justices as the leading cases for 2020) and other diverse advocacy efforts – media interviews, public speaking training for local elected officials – to promote democratic values and good governance in municipalities. Gili's expertise extends beyond the courtroom, with experience in public policy gained through her roles as Advisor to the Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem and at the Ministry of Justice, as regulatory policy manager, where she led a public participation process that saved 3 million NIS per year in regulatory burden for not-for-profit organizations.