Submission on the Draft General Comment on Children’s Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment
Submission: Draft General Comment on Children’s Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment
Forum: United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date: 15 November 2020
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Submission Overview: Power Singh Inc., on behalf of Media Monitoring Africa, prepared a submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on the Draft General Comment on Children’s Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment. The Draft General Comment details the various ways in which the principles, rights and responsibilities of the Convention of the Rights of the Child find application in the rapidly evolving digital environment. The submission focused on developing the understanding of meaningful access, the role of the business sector in advancing children’s meaningful participation, and the ambit of children’s privacy rights online.
The submission is accessible here.
