[LINK] Guidelines for Industry on Child Online Protection

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

GUIDELINES FOR INDUSTRY ON CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION 
 
Respecting and Supporting Children’s Rights 
 

http://business-humanrights.org/media/documents/itu-unicef-guidelines-
child-online-protection.pdf


The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely 
ratified of all the international human rights treaties.

This Convention protects children from all forms of violence, exploitation 
and abuse, including sexual exploitation and abuse. It also establishes 
that all children have a right to education, leisure, play and culture; the 
right to obtain appropriate information and to express their views in 
matters that affect them as well as to freedom of thought and expression, 
privacy and non-discrimination.

While Governments have the primary responsibility to ensure that children’s 
rights are met, other stakeholders such as parents and other caretakers, 
teachers, community leaders, civil society actors and the private sector 
including the ICT industry, all have a responsibility in fulfilling 
children’s rights.

Businesses’ duties to fulfil these rights are set out in Children’s Rights 
and Business Principles, which calls on business to meet their 
responsibility to respect children’s rights both by avoiding any adverse 
impacts linked to their operations, products or services, and also by 
encouraging companies to go beyond a “do-no-harm” approach through adopting 
a commitment to support the advancement of children’s rights.

The following Guidelines for Industry on Child Online Protection have been 
prepared in the context of the Child Online Protection (COP) Initiative in 
order to establish the foundations for safer and more secure Internet-based 
services and associated technologies not only for today’s children but also 
for future generations.

These guidelines apply to the safety of children when using Information and 
Communication Technologies (ICTs). They provide advice on how industry can 
work to help ensure children’s safety when using the Internet or any of the 
many associated technologies or devices which can connect to it or use it, 
including mobile phones and games consoles.

Cheers,
Stephen


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