Best interests of the child (Article 3): The best interests of the child must always come first in any decisions made that apply to them.Non-discrimination (Article 2): The rights of the child apply to every child equally, regardless of race, gender, disability, etc.All rights are linked, and no right is considered more important than another.Īmong the Articles are four General Principles: Consisting of 54 Articles, the Convention lays out the civil, political, social, cultural and economic rights that all children (anyone under the age of 18) are entitled to, and the responsibilities of governments and adults to ensure these rights are upheld. The rights of all children are laid out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This module will explore how children’s rights apply in a digital world, relevant laws that can help protect children and safeguard their rights, and what you can do as an educator to support your learners to understand and exercise their rights online. Just as there are laws and rights for children offline, there are also laws and rights to help protect them online as well. The digital world is important to many children – they don’t view their life in terms of ‘online’ and ‘offline’ the two are intertwined.