Dalia Dorner (Hebrew: דליה דורנר; born March 3, 1934) is an Israeli-Turkish law professor and former Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, serving from 1993 to 2004.
She was one of the judges who convicted John Demjanjuk and sentenced him to death in 1988,[3] a decision overturned by Israel's Supreme Court, in 1993.
In April 1993, she was appointed a provisional Supreme Court Justice, and a year later this position was made permanent.
In her position, Dorner proved to be an ardent advocate of human rights, as was expressed in her interpretation of the Basic Laws of Israel.
[4] In the Jonathan Danilowitz case, she recognized the right of an El Al cabin attendant to receive a plane ticket for his homosexual partner.
[4] Dorner’s broad interpretation of free expression was illustrated in her ruling in the case of Kidum, a night school, which was permitted to use an advertising slogan, "Go and excel!