Children's Rights DayNew quiz on children's rights published on the Internet
Children's Rights Day is celebrated every year on November 20. On this day, there are many campaigns and initiatives around the world that draw attention to the fact that children have special rights. These are set out in the "Convention on the Rights of the Child". We also want to take part and are therefore publishing our new quiz on children's rights on the Internet today. This quiz teaches children, young people and adults some of the key children's rights in the digital environment in an interactive and entertaining way. The quiz can of course be played by all children, but the content of the questions is aimed at children and young people from the fifth grade upwards.
Special thanks to go to the Digital Opportunities Foundationwho advised us on the content of the quiz.
What are children's rights on the internet all about?
In 1989, the United Nations adopted the "Convention on the Rights of the Child". The contents of the convention are also referred to as "children's rights". At that time, it stipulated the freedoms and protection that countries must grant to all people under the age of 18. The "rights of the child" therefore apply not only to young children, as the name might initially suggest, but to all children and young people up to the age of 18.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most frequently signed convention in history. A total of 196 countries have committed themselves to implementing children's rights. That is almost every country in the world. Only the USA is not included.
However, the world in which children and young people live has changed considerably since 1989, particularly with regard to the use of media and the internet. This is why "General Comment No. 25 - On the rights of the child in the digital environment" was published in 2021. This sets out how children's rights should be implemented on the internet.
Unfortunately, children's rights and their application on the internet are still too little known. Both among adults and among children and young people themselves. To change this, in our new quiz we have taken key statements from "General Comment No. 25 - On the rights of children in the digital environment" and translated them into questions that reflect the lives of children and young people. This involves, for example, topics such as the right to privacy ("Your parents ask you to share your live location with them because they want to keep an eye on you. Do they have to take anything into account?") or the right to freedom of expression ("You are 13 years old and post your opinion on a topic, but your post is deleted from the platform without explanation. Is that okay?").
The quiz is suitable for use in schools or for extracurricular youth work. Of course, you can also simply recommend the quiz to children and young people in your area. No special prior knowledge is required to play the quiz. With your help, we can make a contribution to ensuring that all children and young people learn about their rights!