Professor Ruth Lapidoth (; born October 27, 1930) is a Senior Researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies Ruth Lapidoth in the JIIS web page
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at the

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. She is a recipient of the 2006

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in Legal Studies and of the 2000 Prominent Woman in International Law Award from the WILIG group of the

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. Lapidoth served as a Legal Advisor to the

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in 1979-1981, has been a guest lecturer and researcher at several leading academic institutions, including

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and the American Institute for Peace, and is the author of nine books and more than ninety articles dealing with

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, the

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. Lapidoth serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations.Israel Council on Foreign Relations - ICFR board

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1930 births Living people Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Academic staff of the College of Management Academic Studies Israel Prize in law recipients Israeli women academics International law scholars {{Israel-academic-bio-stub Israeli legal scholars