UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Digital media and children’s rights
Last week the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child held its 2014 day of general discussion (DGD), looking at how children’s rights can be applied in the digital context. During the first part of the day, panelists spoke about how digital media are reconfiguring children’s lives, how to balance protection with empowerment, and concrete projects already under way. During the second part of the day participants were divided into two working groups. One discussed children’s equal and safe access to digital media and information and communications technologies (ICTs); the other addressed children’s empowerment and engagement through digital media and ICTs.
Further information: CRIN’s overview of the day’s discussions: https://www.crin.org/en/library/publications/day-general-discussion-2014-childrens-rights-and-digital-media
Full information on the day, including written submissions
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/Pages/Discussion2014.aspx
CRIN campaign: Protect children, end censorship
https://www.crin.org/en/home/campaigns/protect-children-end-censorship
Quelle: Newsletter des Child Rights International Network, CRINmail 1395 vom 17.9.2014