• 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.

Current News

[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.

[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: 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 Kapitel 2: Information

Our Rights in the Digital World - Chapter 2: Information

Chapter Information from “Our Rights in the Digital World”

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Unsere Rechte in der Digitalen Welt Kapitel 3: Ausdruck, Identität und Kultur

Our Rights in the Digital World - Chapter 3: Expression, Identity, and Culture

Chapter Expression, Identity, and Culture from “Our Rights in the Digital World”

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Unsere Rechte in der Digitalen Welt Kapitel 5: Privatsphäre

Our Rights in the Digital World - Chapter 5: Privacy

Chapter on privacy from “Our Rights in the Digital World”

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Unsere Rechte in der Digitalen Welt Kapitel 6: Rolle der Eltern

Our Rights in the Digital World - Chapter 6: The Role of Parents

Chapter: The Role of Parents from “Our Rights in the Digital World”

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.