UNICEF published successive editions of policy guidance on and children. The guidance calls for children’s safety, privacy, non-discrimination, transparency, accountability, inclusion, best interests and meaningful participation to be embedded in AI policy and product design. The 2025 edition expands coverage of , AI companions, environmental impacts, abuse material, supply-chain risks and armed conflict.
What this means for
Reading asOptional: it just picks which take you see first.
Just curious / new to AI
It is the UN system’s principal child-rights framework for AI.
Pick a role above and this becomes the reading for that desk: what it means, what to watch, and a line you can use.
Peace & Security
No Peace & Security reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It is the UN system’s principal child-rights framework for AI.
Development & Policy
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Human Rights
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Data & Digital
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Front Office
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OPGA
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Builders
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Permanent Missions
No Permanent Missions reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It is the UN system’s principal child-rights framework for AI.