International Board of Trustees
Our International Board of Trustees comprise of leading child rights experts and advocates from Africa and around the world. They include former Presidents, Prime Ministers and government ministers; senior United Nations and African Union representatives; globally-recognised academics and lawyers; and tireless civil society defenders of children’s rights and wellbeing.
Chairperson
H.E. Elhadj As Sy
Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation
Standing Members
Prof. Dr. Sophie Kiladze
Chairperson, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Members
Prof. Jaap E. Doek (Netherlands)
Emeritus Professor of Family and Juvenile Law at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam
Richard Morgan
Director of Social Safety Net programmes at Nutritional International
Marta Santos Pais
First Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children. Director of Social Safety Net programmes at Nutritional International
Bob Ransom
Chairperson of the Administrative Council of the International Board of Trustees of ACPF
Frans Roselaers
Board member of Plan Nederland
Mama Fatima Singhateh
UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale, Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of Children
Dr Mikiko Otani
Member, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Stefan van der Swaluw
Expert, International Development