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    Children with disabilities

    The digital environment opens new avenues for children with disabilities to engage in social relationships with their peers, access information and participate in public decision-making processes.

    Therefore it is necessary to take steps to prevent the creation of new barriers and to remove existing barriers faced by children with disabilities in relation to the digital environment.

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Ansicht: 35 Jahre Kinderrechte

Our Rights in the Digital World - Background, Summary, Methodology and Key Issues

Background, summary, methodology and key themes of "Our Rights in the Digital World"

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Unsere Rechte in der digitalen Welt - ein Schnappschuss der Perspektiven von Kindern auf der ganzen Welt

Our rights in the digital world — a snapshot of perspectives from children around the world

This brief report summarizes the key findings of a large-scale international child participation study conducted by Professor Amanda Third and Lilly Moody from the Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney University on behalf of the 5Rights Foundation and with the support of 27 partner organizations from around the world.

Ansicht: EU-Kinderrechtsstrategie

EU Strategy on the Right’s of the Child

The European Commission has developed a new strategy to protect children’s rights.

Ansicht: Erläuternde Hinweise zu der Allgemeinen Bemerkung zu den Rechten der Kinder in Bezug auf das digitale Umfeld

Explanatory Notes on the General Comment No. 25 (2021) on Children’s Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment

Explanatory Notes on the General Comment No. 25 (2021) on Children’s Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Allgemeine Bemerkung zu den Rechten der Kinder in Bezug auf das digitale Umfeld

General Comment No. 25 (2021) on Children’s Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has published a General Comment on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Unsere Rechte in der digitalen Welt!

Our Rights in a Digital World

Many young people talked about their opinions on the topic of children's rights in the digital environment.

Ansicht: Lerne deine Rechte im digitalen Umfeld kennen Leitlinien des Europarats, zur Frage wie die Rechte des Kindes im Internet eingehalten und geschützt werden

Learn about your rights in the digital environment

The leaflet represents a child-friendly and appealing presentation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)7 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on Guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Looking forward: Technological and social change in the lives of European children and young people Report for the ICT Coalition for Children Online

Looking forward: Technological and social change in the lives of European children and young people

The Members of the ICT Coalition for Children Online have recently commissioned a new report on how relationships between technology and the cultural and social practices and institutions that affect children and young people will likely evolve.

Ansicht: Europaratsstrategie (2016-2021)

Guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment

The guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the

digital environment were adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the

Council of Europe on 4 July 2018.

The purpose of the guidelines is to assist states and other relevant

stakeholders in their efforts to adopt a comprehensive, strategic

approach in building and containing the often complex world of the

digital environment.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Europaratsstrategie (2016-2021)

Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers on the rights of the child in the digital environment

How to better respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment is at the core of the new Recommendation adopted today by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. Building on international and European legal instruments, the text provides comprehensive guidelines for action by European governments.