• Topic

    Health and welfare

    Digital technologies can facilitate access to health services and information and improve diagnostic and treatment services for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent physical and mental health and nutrition.

    They also offer significant opportunities for reaching children in disadvantaged or vulnerable situations or in remote communities.

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[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: 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.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Unsere Rechte in der Digitalen Welt Kapitel 8: Gesundheit

Our Rights in the Digital World - Chapter 8: Health

Chapter on health and conclusion from “Our Rights in the Digital 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 - 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.