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Judge Jean-Pierre Rosenczveig President Vice-president of the Tribunal de grande instance de Bobigny (France) |
Magistrate by profession, Judge Rosenczveig is Vice-President of Bobigny’s Tribunal de Grande Instance and as such presides over the Children's Tribunal. A dedicated children’s rights advocate, Mr. Rosenczveig has occupied a number of public responsibilities and created various organisations in this field, such as the Institut de l'Enfance et de la Famille, the Conseil Français des Associations pour les Droits de l'Enfant (COFRADE) and Defence for Children International – France. He still presides DCI-France and has sat on the Board of Directors of the IBCR since 2000.
Judge Rosenczveig has written dozens of publications on children’s rights, including topics on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as well as juvenile justice, adoption, youth protection, children and the separation of their parents, child participation, child victims, etc. Many of these publications were written for children and youth.
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Minister Moushira Khattab Vice-president – United Nations Liaison Minister of Family and Population (Egypte) |
Ambassador Khattab holds a B.A. in Political Science from Cairo University, and an M.A. in International Relations from the University of North Carolina. She joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1965 and has served in many countries. She was Ambassador of Egypt to the Czech and Slovak Republics, then Ambassador to South Africa where she received The Order of Good Hope from Nelson Mandela, former President of the Republic of South Africa. She is currently a Member and Vice-chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Ambassador Khattab is Member of the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) and Chairperson of its Committee on Family and Children.
Ambassador Khattab’s involvement with IBCR includes being one of the key speakers and Chair of the Intergovernmental Experts Group Meeting, which developed the draft UN Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime. Ambassador Khattab played a key role in successfully lobbying Member States at the 14th UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2005) ensuring the adoption of these Guidelines by the United Nations. Finally, Ambassador Moushira Khattab has acted as Secretary General of Egypt’s National Council for Childhood and Motherhood before her nomination as Minister of Family & Population.
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Sheila Sullivan, CDN Treasurer Member of the la Congrégation Notre-Dame (Canada) |
A sister of the Congregation de Notre-Dame of Montréal, Sister Sullivan's background is in education, both as a teacher and an administrator at the secondary school level. Sister Sullivan also served as a Board Member for Villa Maria High School and Marianopolis College, both located in Montréal. As such, her dossier always included a spectrum of student activities that focused on social justice awareness projects. In addition to being an educator and mentor, Sister Sullivan worked as a full-time Pastoral Assistant in St. Augustine of Canterbury Parish in Montréal and was the Vocation Director for her Congregation.
From 1991 to 2001, Sister Sullivan worked at the Institut de Formation Humaine Intégrale of Montréal, which draws men and women from many parts of the world, most of whom work directly in the field within their respective countries. Sister Sullivan's work at the Institute has given her the opportunity to conduct workshops in Scotland and South Africa. Currently on the General Leadership Team of the Congregation de Notre Dame, Sister Sullivan shares the responsibility of overseeing 1,460 sisters of the Congregation and plays an essential role in IBCR’s relations with religious communities.
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Mary-Anne Kirvan Board member at large Lawyer (Canada) |
Ms. Kirvan received her B.A. in History and Political Science from Carleton University (1976) and a Bachelor of Law in Common Law from University of Ottawa (1979), and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1981. Since 1997, she has been Senior Counsel and Strategic Policy Advisor for Canada’s National Crime Prevention Centre.
Ms. Mary-Anne Kirvan has been responsible for the international component of the Centre’s work, including representing the Government of Canada at the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. In this capacity, she organized and co-chaired a UN Experts Group Meeting to develop Draft Guidelines on the Prevention of Crime. Ms. Kirvan also participated in the IBCR’s Experts Meeting to develop the Draft Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime, and has worked closely with the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime, in Montréal.
Ms. Kirvan has been active in her community as a volunteer on the Board of Directors of NGOs mandated to serve at-risk children and families.
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Benoît Van Keirsblick Board member at large Director, Children Law Service (Belgium) |
Trained as a social worker, Benoît Van Keirsbilck has worked for a youth information center and has been Director of the Children Law Service of Bruxelles for over 20 years. This service assists young people and their families with questions of law and is a comfort to them in times of crisis and exclusion.
Mr. Van Keirsbilck was one of the founders and, at one time, President, of the Belgian section of the NGO Defence for Children. This NGO acts as a watchdog over the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by Belgian authorities. Through Coordination of NGOs for the Rights of the Child, Mr. Van Keirsbilck has participated in the creation of an alternative report on the implementation of the Convention in Belgium and works towards the creation of the interdisciplinary Centre of the Rights of the Child, associated with the Catholic University of Louvain.
He also works as Chief Editor of the Belgian edition of the Journal of Children’s Law and gives numerous training courses and conferences in Children’s Law, at the national and international levels.
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Nadja Pollaert Director General, International Bureau for Children’s Rights (Canada) |
Having begun her university studies in Germany, Nadja Pollaert received her diploma in International Relations from the Institut d’études politiques in Paris. She received a Master’s degree from the University of Montréal, having studied the integration of North African Muslim women in a post colonial context.
As Coordinator of the Committee to Aid Refugees in Montréal, Ms. Pollaert defended human rights and advocated for asylum seekers in Canada. She has also been an active member of Amnesty International. Ms. Pollaert also worked as a cultural and political affairs consultant for the Representation of the State of Bavaria (Germany) in Québec. As a coordinator for the Québec Féderation Nourri Source, she promoted breast feeding and collaborated on the global initiative Amis de bébés-Baby friendly Initiative.
Nadja Pollaert is an active member to the Board of Directors of Maison Buissonnière, an organization devoted to the educational principals of Françoise Dolto.