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Joint Letter on Children’s Rights in the EU Digital Omnibus on Artificial Intelligence

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

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.

Joint Statement on Artificial Intelligence and the Rights of the Child

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.

Joint Input to Canada’s AI Strategy

Joint Input to Canada’s AI Strategy

Building on our Joint submission to the Canadian Children’s Privacy Code, 5Rights led a coordinated response of 20 leading civil society organisations and individual experts calling for a national approach to AI governance that embeds children’s safety, privacy, and rights from the outset.

Tablet displaying a joint open letter from leading digital and consumer rights groups and experts opposing delays and deregulatory changes to the EU AI Act, dated 9 July 2025.

Joint letter against delays and deregulatory changes in the EU AI Act

5Rights and more than 45 civil society groups warn the European Commission that revising the AI Act under the Digital Simplification Package risks eroding key digital rights and protections.

A tablet on a white desk displays a document titled "Joint Input on the ACHPR’s Draft Study on Human and Peoples’ Rights and AI, Robotics, and Other New and Emerging Technologies in Africa”. The document is dated May 2025 and includes logos of several child rights organisations, such as 5Rights Foundation, ChildFund, Save the Children, Paradigm Initiative, and others. A cup of black coffee and a pair of glasses are also visible on the desk beside the tablet.

Joint Submission to the ACHPR on Children’s Rights and AI in Africa

This joint submission highlights how the Study on Human and Peoples’ Rights and AI can play a crucial role in empowering both African Union member states and tech companies to protect and respect children’s rights in the digital world.

Outcome Statement: Children Global AI Summit on Africa

Outcome Statement: Children Global AI Summit on Africa

Children from across the African continent gathered at the first-ever Children’s Global AI Summit on Africa in Kigali, Rwanda– and this statement is the outcome of what was discussed.

A tablet lying on a light grey surface displays a formal letter titled "Civil society’s urgent warning: The EU's Code of Practice for General Purpose AI final draft cannot abandon fundamental rights, and protections for children." The letter is addressed to Executive Vice-President Virkkunen and outlines concerns from various organisations about downgrading key protections in the AI Code.

Joint letter: the EU’s Code of Practice for General Purpose AI cannot abandon children

Civil society groups urge the EU to uphold children’s rights and fundamental protections in the Code of Practice for General Purpose AI, warning against voluntary safeguards that undermine the AI Act.

Top black hands type on a laptop. The laptop is angled towards the screen. On the screen, it reads Children & AI Design Code in white on a bright blue background.

Children & AI Design Code

The rapid rise of AI cannot be left unchecked. That is why we’ve created an actionable and practical framework to embed children’s rights and needs across the lifecycle of AI systems.