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    Education, leisure and cultural activities

    The digital environment can greatly enable and enhance children’s access to high-quality inclusive education, including reliable resources for formal, non-formal, informal, peer-to-peer and self-directed learning. Use of digital technologies can also strengthen engagement between the teacher and student and between learners.

    The digital environment promotes children’s right to culture, leisure and play, which is essential for their well-being and development. Children of all ages report that they experienced pleasure, interest and relaxation through engaging with a wide range of digital products and services of their choice.

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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.

Internet governance has many faces: Report from the second and third day of the Internet Governance Forum 2021

Internet governance has many faces: Report from the second and third day of the Internet Governance Forum 2021

[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

[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.

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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.

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: 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: 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.