BENOIT VAN KEIRSBILCK - Belgium's candidate for the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2nd term) 2025-2029

Brochure Candidature CRC - BVK - EN 2024 BENOIT VAN KEIRSBILCK Belgium's candidate for the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2nd term) 2025-2029 Fully committed to respecting the fundamental rights of all children Benoit Van Keirsbilck Belgium's candidate for a second term on the Committee on the Rights of the Child - 2025-2029 During his +35-year career in the field of children's rights, Beno. [...] Participation in the Council of Europe Expert Group in charge of the drafting of the Council of Europe Guidelines on Child Friendly Justice Participation in the working group and participation in the elaboration and evaluation that developed and updated an online of the Council of Europe strategies on the rights training on child-friendly justice for of the child. [...] Experience on the Committee on the Rights of the Child Since his election to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Benoit Van Keirsbilck has actively participated in the Committee's work; he contributes to the review of States parties' reports and the drafting of the concluding observations addressed to them. [...] He is a member of the Working Group on Individual Communications and has coordinated it since 2022; he also participates in the Working Group on Inquiries and has had the opportunity to conduct one and to draft the report sent to the State concerned. [...] In September 2023, he was appointed co-coordinator of the Working Group in charge of the drafting of the next General Comment on the right of the child to access to justice and remedies, a two-year project involving numerous consultations, meetings with experts and the participation of children.