• Topic

    Civil rights and freedoms

    The digital environment provides unique opportunities for children to realize the right to access to information and freedom of expression. The digital environment can enable children to form their social, religious, cultural, ethnic, sexual and political identities and to participate in associated communities and in public spaces for deliberation, cultural exchange, social cohesion and diversity.

    The fulfilment of these rights must be ensured and the right of the child to freedom of thought, conscience and religion in the digital environment must be respected. Privacy is vital to children’s agency, dignity and safety and for the exercise of their rights.

    Children’s personal data are processed to offer educational, health and other benefits to them. Therefore, it must be ensured by legislative, administrative and other measures that children’s privacy is respected and protected by all organizations and in all environments that process their data.

    By use of digital identification systems that enable all newborn children to have their birth registered and officially recognized by the national authorities, access to services, including health, education and welfare shall be facilitated.

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[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Internet Governance Forum 2021: Kinderrechte im digitalen Umfeld erneut im Fokus

Internet Governance Forum 2021: Children's Rights in the Digital Environment again in the Focus

From December 6th to 10th, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2021 has taken place as a hybrid event. It was hosted by the Government of Poland.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: 1. Tag des Internet Governance Forum 2021

First day of the Internet Governance Forum 2021

First day of the Internet Governance Forum 2021

Is legal regulation a suitable instrument for creating a safe online environment for children? This question was the focus of two workshops on Day 1 of the Internet Governance Forum 2021.

Welcome to Katowice - the Internet Governance Forum 2021 has begun

Welcome to Katowice - the Internet Governance Forum 2021 has begun

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In our own words - children’s rights in the digital world

This is a child-friendly version of the General Comment on Children’s Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment (2021). It was written by young people between the ages of 11-17 to make it easier for other young people to understand.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Video: In unseren eigenen Worten

Video: In our own words

Young people from across the world provide an overview of the General comment and inform other children and young people about the rights that they have in a way that is easy to understand in a video published by the 5Rights foundation.

Ansicht: EU Strategie für die Rechte des Kindes - Merkblatt

EU Strategy on the Right’s of the Child - Fact Sheet

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

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.

[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.

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.

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.