General comment N° 25 on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) publishes general comments to advance human rights issues. This general comment draws on the Committee’s experience in reviewing States parties’ reports, its day of general discussion on digital media and children’s rights, the jurisprudence of the human rights treaty bodies, the recommendations of the Human Rights Council and the special procedures of the Council, two rounds of consultations with States, experts and other stakeholders on the concept note and advanced draft and an international consultation with 709 children living in a wide variety of circumstances in 28 countries in several regions.
In this general comment, the Committee explains how States parties should implement the Convention in relation to the digital environment and provides guidance on relevant legislative, policy and other measures to ensure full compliance with their obligations under the Convention and the Optional Protocols thereto in the light of the opportunities, risks and challenges in promoting, respecting, protecting and fulfilling all children’s rights in the digital environment.
Below is a one-page overview developed by Verke, the former Finnish Digital Youth Work Competence Centre, together with a couple of Finnish organisations. (Link to the pdf version of the one-pager is also below).
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Link to the original source (in all six UN languages): https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/general-comments-and-recommendations/general-comment-no-25-2021-childrens-rights-relation
Copy of the general comment on our site: https://www.digitalyouthwork.org/wp-content/uploads/digital-rights-children_pub.pdf
Copy of a summary developed by Verke, the former Finnish Digital Youth Work Competence Centre: https://www.digitalyouthwork.org/wp-content/uploads/digital-rights-children_summary.pdf