Resources
Explore our curated resources and find valuable publications, tools and positions on children’s rights in the digital environment.
The impact of General comment No. 25 in the UNCRC monitoring process and around the world
This project examined how GC25 shaped global and national governance frameworks, how its principles are being taken up in practice, and where further action is needed to ensure real-world change for children.
Building a digital environment designed with children in mind: An international best practices blueprint
This report sets out a practical international blueprint to help policymakers address harmful design and business models, strengthen accountability, and ensure technology is safe and age-appropriate by design and default.
UNCRC General comment No. 25 5th Anniversary Joint Letter
Five years on, global organisations urge governments to fully implement General comment No. 25 and ensure the digital world protects children’s rights.
Joint Letter on Children’s Rights in the EU Digital Omnibus on Artificial Intelligence
This joint letter, signed by more than 80 children’s rights, family and mental health organisations and experts, calls on Members of the European Parliament to uphold strong protections for children in the Digital Omnibus on Artificial Intelligence.
Age Assurance as a spectrum: A risk-based approach from a European perspective
5Rights’ Age Assurance as a Spectrum report sets out how age assurance can support a safe-by-design, children’s rights approach – not as a tool for exclusion, but as a means of enabling age-appropriate services, safer defaults and proportionate protections.
Access restrictions to protect children and their rights in the digital environment
5Rights Foundation welcomes the will of the EU and its Member States to take further and robust action to protect children from unsafe and exploitative practices by technology providers and ensure children’s rights are fully respected and upheld in the digital age.
ISO/IEC 27566-1 (Age Assurance Systems – Part 1: Framework)
This document establishes a framework for age assurance systems and describes their core characteristics, including privacy and security, for enabling age-related eligibility decisions.
Joint Statement on Artificial Intelligence and the Rights of the Child
This joint statement sets out a shared commitment to advancing a child rights-based approach to artificial intelligence.
Protecting childhood online: Why the Online Safety Act matters
Within this briefing from the Children’s Coalition for Online Safety, we present the collective evidence gathered by our organisations, demonstrating both the scale and severity of the harms children face online, and how this first-of-its-kind legislation will help to mitigate them.