5Rights - Our Digital Rights

The rights of children and young people are already embedded in different international treaties and within the existing laws of many countries. Most notably they are enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Having ratified to the convention since 1990, our governments in Scotland and the UK are accountable for its realisation in our lives. The world around us might change and advance at an incredible pace, but our values and principles stay, and the protection of our rights remains as crucial as ever.

This report is a culmination of our exploration in how Scotland can realise our rights as young people in the digital world, thorough the gathering of broad and diverse evidence from a wide range of experts and sources, innovative creation of ideas, and careful reflection on the impact of our solutions. During the course of our investigation, we deepened our understanding around digital issues, widened our knowledge around how our rights can be recognised, and had our own beliefs and perceptions about the digital world challenged. We hope that this report shows the wealth of sources that have influenced our thinking, and the passion and hopes we have for a rightsrespecting digital world.

You can read a text version, view a preview or download a PDF version of the full report below.