With only five high level sessions at the United Nations’ Internet Governance Forum this year in Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia we are excited children’s rights are featuring prominently under the theme “Advancing human rights and inclusion in the digital age” for the first time ever.

On Dec, 17th, a high level line-up of speakers was discussing how to protect children’s rights in the digital world.

With a superb line-up of high-level speakers the 19th Internet Governance taking place in Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia was opened on Tuesday Dec. 16th, 2024.

Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Divide were the two issues addressed in the opening speeches as the most important action points in the months and years to come. Here comes the Global Digital Compact (GDC) into play, since it’s implementation lays out the road map for our digital future which was described as the Intelligence Age by the Saudi-Arabian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Swaha.

Final preparations were still underway yesterday at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to ensure that the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024 can take place effortlessly. Participants from the fields of politics, government, science, academia, business and civil society will gather in the idyllic setting until 19 December to discuss the most pressing issues related to the organisation and regulation of the digital environment.

The 19th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will take place this year from 15 to 19 December 2024 in a hybrid format in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Under the theme “Building our Multistakeholder Digital Future”, representatives from business, academia and civil society will meet with high-ranking government representatives from all over the world to address the opportunities and challenges of our evolving digital future.

This November 20, it's International Child Rights Day! On this day, we celebrate the adoption of two landmark documents by the United Nations General Assembly: the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (also known as the CRC) - both important milestones in the recognition of children's rights.

The Digital Futures for Children centre (DFC) at the London School of Economics and Political Science, call for evidence on the impact of UNCRC General comment No. 25 on the Rights of the Child’s General comment No. 25 on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment

From 14 to 25 October, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, Mama Fatima Singhateh, will visit Germany to assess the current situation and progress in relation to preventing, combating and raising awareness of sexualised violence against children.

As part of the 15th Internet Governance Forum Germany, the project ‘Child protection and children's rights in the digital world’ held a workshop on the topic of children's rights in the metaverse on 11 September.

In the INHOPE network, organisations around the world work together to prevent sexual abuse of children and young people in the digital environment and to support criminal prosecution. In order for this to be realised, it is particularly important to find out the extent to which sexual violence takes place online.

At the 95th session of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, its members decided to draft a 27th General Comment on the Convention on the Rights of the Child.