Benoît Van Keirsbilck
President, Child Friendly Justice European Network and Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Belgium
Since December 2012, Benoit Van Keirsbilck has been the director of Defence for Children International Belgium, having previously headed the Service Droit des Jeunes de Bruxelles (SDJ) for 25 years. He also chaired the Defence for Children International Movement from 2013 to 2017. Benoit is a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, a member of the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Rights of the Child, and editor-in-chief of the Belgian edition of the Journal du Droit des Jeunes.
He delivers a variety of training courses and lectures and provides numerous expert opinions on children's law at both national and international levels.