Benoit Van Keirsbilck

Benoit Van Keirsbilck is trained in social work and children’s rights. He is the Director of the Belgian section of Defence for Children – International (DCI) and the former President of the International Executive Council (International board) of DCI.
He is one of the founders and member of the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Rights of the Child (CIDE) which gathers 4 universities and 2 NGO in the French part of Belgium.
The CIDE organises a University degree and conducts academic research on children’s rights.
Finally, he is Chief Editor of the Journal of Children’s Law (Belgium) and member of the Advisory board of the UN Global Study on children deprived of liberty. Benoit also represents the NGO Panel of the UN Global Study co-convened by DCI and Human Rights Watch.