Defence for Children International - Belgium (DCI - Belgium)

Alternative name:	Défense des Enfants International Belgique
Contact data:	rue Marché aux Poulets 30 1000 Brussels Belgium Tel: 00 32 2 209 6162 Fax: 00 32 21 209 6160 Email: bvk@sdj.be Website: www.dei-belgique.be
Year established:	1992
No. Staff:	1
Main contact:	Benoit van Keirsbilck (bvk@sdj.be)
Membership No:	353
Network Membership:	Defence for Children International, NGO Group for the CRC, OMCT, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

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Organisation aims and activities: Defence for Children international
(DCI) is an independent non-
governmental organisation set up
during the International Year of the
Child (1979) to ensure on-going,
practical, systematic and concerted
international action specially directed
towards promoting and protecting
the rights of the child.

Operational level: National

Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18

Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation

Organisation mandate: Lobby governments and the United Nations, Provide training or education on child rights, Research child rights, Undertake legal casework on behalf of children, Work in partnership with organisations, Work with media and press

Areas of expertise: Education and cultural rights, Family and alternative care, Implementation, Individual cases of violations, Justice, Minority or indigenous children, Refugee and unaccompanied children, Reporting to and monitoring the CRC

Countries in which this organisation works: Belgium

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