5Rights

Young Scot is the lead strategic partner for 5Rights in Scotland. 5Rights is UK initiative to enable children and young people to access the digital world creatively, knowledgeably and fearlessly. It aims to promote the five fundamental digital rights of children and young people – the right to remove, the right to know, the right to safety and support, the right to informed and conscious use, and the right to digital literacy.

In the first stage of the project, the 5Rights Youth Commission released their recommendations to the Scottish Government. This important document has been referenced and used in the formation of key government policy for the next few years.

For the Year of Young People 2018, a new group of young leaders are championing young people’s rights in the digital world.

Supported by Scottish Government, the new Young Scot 5Rights Youth Leadership Group, involving 30 young people from across Scotland, will work together to help young people realise their rights in an increasingly digital world based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Over 30 organisations in Scotland have become 5Rights Signatories to say they will comply with the 5Rights principles in their own online behaviours and work. Any organisation can sign up and say 'I care about building a better internet for young people’.