Child Rights Impact Assessments in Relation to the Digital Environment
Summary of initial project findings
Highlights
The age of technology and the Internet have brought tremendous benefits, including for children. However, the spread of digital technologies also comes with a broad spectrum of risks and harms to which children can be particularly vulnerable.
Under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Children’s Rights and Business Principles, businesses have a responsibility to identify, assess, and address relevant human rights risks, including risks to children’s rights. With respect to the digital environment, a rapidly evolving landscape has changed the nature and severity of actual and potential child rights risks relating to business activities.
In response, UNICEF initiated a project to develop new guidance to support robust implementation of child rights impact assessments (CRIAs) in relation to the digital environment. This summary of initial project findings outlines trends, gaps and opportunities based on industry consultation and a review of existing practices. Additional findings and insights from this research are available in this BSR report.
The D-CRIA Toolbox is now available here.
