Arsen Ostrovsky is a leading international human rights lawyer and Head of the Sydney Office of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC), the premier public affairs and advocacy organization of the Jewish community in Australia.
A globally recognized expert on international law and antisemitism, Arsen has spoken before the United Nations, the House of Lords and U.S. Congress, amongst other high-level venues, and is a frequent contributor and writer at publications such as Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, Newsweek and media outlets across Australia. As an international lawyer, Arsen has also been intimately involved in defending Israel before lawfare campaigns on the international arena, including over alleged ‘war crimes’ and ‘genocide’ charges at the international courts in The Hague, and is currently also a Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem-based Misgav Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy.
In addition to his advocacy in the courtroom and public stage, Arsen is also a leading voice for Israel and the fight against antisemitism online, where his posts reach in the tens of millions of users each month.
Arsen has been recognized by The Algemeiner as one of the Top 100 People Most Positively Influencing Jewish Life, and last year the Jerusalem Post named him one the Top 50 Most Influential Jewish Leaders in the world, for his legal advocacy and human rights work.
Arsen is also a survivor of the Bondi terror attack last December, which he narrowly escaped after being shot in the head, and has become a leading voice for survivors and victims of the attack, as well as intimately involved in the Royal Commission on Antisemitism proceedings.