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Explore our curated resources and find valuable publications, tools and positions on children’s rights in the digital environment.

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  • Official documents
  • Online Harms
  • Africa

African Union Child Online Safety and Empowerment Policy

This new African Union’s policy safeguards young Africans online. It outlines strategies to create a safer digital world, prioritising children’s rights and a collaborative approach.
Four children focus intently on a laptop screen, with one child in the foreground wearing a light blue shirt, another in a blue shirt, and the third wearing a dark blue hat. The fourth child has their back to the viewer.
  • Publications
  • Education Technology
  • Global

Research Report: International regulatory decisions on EdTech data practices

New research exposes the risks of EdTech data practices, highlighting surveillance, profiling, and inadequate data protection for children.
  • Resources for industry stakeholders
  • Services

Conscious Advertising Network: Child Rights Manifesto

The Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Manifesto developed by 5Rights and the Conscious Advertising Network details how brands can make child safety a brand priority, rather than a function within a business department.
  • Technical standards
  • Age-Assurance
  • Global

IEEE 2089.1-2024 – IEEE Standard for Online Age Verification

Framework for the design, specification, evaluation, and deployment of online age verification systems are established in this standard. This standard is the second in a family of standards focused on the 5Rights principles.
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Tech This Out!: our youth-led podcast
  • Youth Engagement
  • Global

Tech This Out!: our youth-led podcast

Want to know what young people really think about tech? Tech This Out! is our first ever podcast entirely created by young people. Get ready to be challenged, inspired and informed as we explore the digital environment together.
Our Rights in a Digital World – Full Report
  • Publications
  • Child Rights
  • Youth Engagement
  • United Nations

Our Rights in a Digital World – Full Report

Our Rights in a Digital World documents the insights of the 709 children and young people aged 9-22 years old in 27 countries on six continents, who contributed to the consultations to inform General Comment 25.
Our Rights in a Digital World
  • Publications
  • Child Rights
  • Youth Engagement
  • United Nations

Our Rights in a Digital World

summarises the key findings of a major, international consultation of hundreds of children sharing insights on how digital technology impacts their rights.
A screenshot from the "Know Your Rights" poster, which illustrates children's rights in the digital environment. The poster is divided into three sections: 1. Top Left: A diverse group of children, including one in a wheelchair, are using digital devices near a fence with a communication tower and an airplane flying overhead. The text reads, "You have the right to participate," emphasising that digital services should not prevent children from expressing their opinions or joining efforts to improve the world. 2. Bottom Left: Two children, a boy and a girl, are playing a video game together on a large screen. The text above them states, "You have a right to play and rest." 3. Bottom Right: A close-up of two hands, one larger and one smaller, holding each other. The accompanying text says, "You have the right to be safe." The poster uses bright colours and simple illustrations to convey these rights in an engaging and accessible manner for children.
  • Campaign Resources
  • Child-friendly documents
  • Child Rights
  • Youth Engagement
  • United Nations

Know Your Rights!

To mark the adoption of the UN General comment no. 25, 5Rights is releasing a poster for schools across the world on children’s rights in the digital world. Available in multiple languages.
A black-and-white image of a young girl with dark hair, holding and looking at a smartphone with a focused expression. The lighting creates a soft contrast, highlighting her face and the device while the background remains dim and blurred. The girl appears to be engaged with the content on her phone, in a quiet and reflective moment.
  • Official documents
  • Youth Engagement
  • United Nations

Children’s rights “in our own words”

How do you make a legal document easy to understand for children? Get them to re-write it in a way they can actually understand it.
Demystifying the Age Appropriate Design Code
  • Child-friendly documents
  • Youth Engagement
  • United Kingdom

Demystifying the Age Appropriate Design Code

This report explains in child-friendly terms the objectives of the Age-Appropriate Design Code and why it is so important for children’s wellbeing.