Grigol Robakidze University is holding an international conference on children's rights and artificial intelligence, dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Grigol Robakidze University hosts the hybrid Conference on Child Rights and Digital Environment, including AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Children dedicated to 35^th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the 10^th-12^th of March in Tbilisi.

The explosion of the digital environment, including AI, has created unprecedented opportunities for children for realization of their rights enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols. While there is a wide range of possibilities for children including education, healthcare, access to information, justice, leisure and play, wider and more easily available access to the Internet and digital technology also poses significant challenges to child rights, including their safety. The impacts of the digital environment and AI are profound, ranging from threats to personal data protection and privacy, to violence, harassment, cyberbullying, harmful content, grooming, and exploitation.

The Conference brings together around 1200 children and adults from around 60 countries, 30 international inter-governmental-, and non-governmental organizations, 20 leading Universities business enterprises from different parts of the world in order to discuss together, what can be done in order to address threats coming from AI and to protect children.

The Conference will be used as a platform for the discussion of the draft Joint Statement on AI and Child Rights. It is the first international document focused specifically on child rights in the context of Artificial Intelligence.

It is an initiative of the Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Professor of the Grigol Robakidze University Sophie Kiladze. The process is coordinated by International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and following international organizations are involved in the elaboration: CRC, UNICRI Center for AI and Robotics, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), UNESCO, UNODC, SRSG Violence against Children, Council of Europe. The Conference will ensure meaningful child participation in the Joint Statement on AI and Child Rights.