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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: IGF-Botschaften 2022 und Aufruf für thematischen Beiträgen 2023

IGF Messages 2022 and Call for Thematic Inputs 2023

The IGF Secretariat has issued a Call for Thematic Inputs for the IGF 2023 that is still open until Tuesday, 31.01.2023 and published messages from the IGF 2022

Ansicht: Berichterstattung von dem Internet Governance Forum 2022

Coverage of the Internet Governance Forum 2022

Summary of IGF materials: daily reports, interview with Jutta Croll, and session recordings.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Berichterstattung und Interview vom IGF

In the rearview mirror: a children’s rights perspective on the sessions of the IGF 2022 on YouTube

The 17th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was hosted by the Government of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa in a hybrid format from 28 November to 2 December 2022. All the sessions were recorded and uploaded on the IGF’s YouTube channel and we have uploaded daily reports on the sessions that relate to growing up in the digital environment. Following are the links to all the sessions that we reported on.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: IGF 2022: Rechte von Kindern und Jugendlichen

IGF 2022 in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s government will host the UN Internet Governance Forum 2022 at the UN-ECA Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from November 28 to December 2, 2022

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: „Achtung, das Produkt kann Spuren von Jugendmedienschutz enthalten!“

"Caution: May contain traces of child protection"

What can an age-appropriate design of digital services look like, what requirements should services meet to ensure the personal integrity of children and youths? What is the point of an unlimited age rating for a game like FIFA 23 if in-app purchases are possible and how can the legal protection of minors react to such challenges? This is what the following article is about.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Die Afrikanische Jugendcharta

African Youth Charter

The African Youth Charter provides a framework for youth empowerment and development activities at the continental, regional and national levels across Africa.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Überarbeitung der Leitlinien der EU für die Förderung und den Schutz der Rechte des Kindes (2017)

Revision of the EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child (2017)

The guidelines recall international standards on the rights of the child and provide comprehensive guidance as well as concrete ways to promote effectively and protect the rights of the child.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Die Afrikanische Charta für die Rechte und das Wohlergehen des Kindes

The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) is an important tool for advancing children’s rights. While building on the same basic principles as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the ACRWC highlights issues of special importance in the African context.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Aufruf zur Beteiligung am Programm des IGF 2022

Call for participation in the programme of the IGF 2022

A call for active participation in the programme development of the Internet Governance Forum 2022 (IGF) has been issued again this year. Stakeholders can submit session proposals until 10 June 2022.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Kinderrechte und Demokratie

Children's rights and democracy

"Fit for Democracy" is the theme of today's Safer Internet Day.