UNICEF Guidance on AI and children

04 февруари 2026 г.

Тема: Деца, младежи, семейства; Международни и европейски въпроси, политики и изследвания

Категория: Анализи и доклади

Highlights

As part of our AI for children project, UNICEF has updated its guidance (version 3) to promote children's rights in government and private sector AI policies and practices, and to raise awareness of how AI systems can uphold or undermine these rights.

Drawing on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the guidance offers 10 requirements for child-centered AI:

Ensure regulatory frameworks, oversight and compliance for child-centred AI
Ensure safety for children
Protect children's data and privacy
Ensure non-discrimination and fairness for children
Provide transparency, explainability and accountability for children
Respect human and child rights through responsible AI practice
Support children's best interests, development and well-being
Ensure inclusion of and for children
Prepare and skill children for present and future developments in AI
Create an enabling environment for child-centred AI

 A checklist of the requirements and recommendations is also available.

Why now?

This third edition of the UNICEF guidance on AI and children was prompted by rapid advances in AI technologies, such as generative AI, increased adoption of AI systems by children, emergent opportunities and risks with regard to children’s rights, and changes in the AI governance landscape.

The guidance has been updated throughout the document, where needed, with noteworthy additions focusing on: AI companions used by children; the AI supply chain, including child labour and datasets contaminated with harmful and illegal content; the environmental impacts of AI systems, which particularly impact children; AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and non-consensual intimate images (NCII); and AI in armed conflict and cyber operations. Opportunities to seize include the use of AI systems to better support learning and increase accessibility for children with disabilities, as well as leveraging AI to improve child well-being.

While AI is increasingly a part of children’s lives, guidance on how AI policies and systems can uphold children’s rights remain scarce. The significant changes in the AI landscape, and this gap, prompted the update.

Година на издаване: 2025

Eзик: английски

Издател: UNICEF

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