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[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”triangle” c_position=”right” active_section=”1″ collapsible_all=”true” el_class=”presentations”][vc_tta_section title=”Side event: Digitalisation and the child\u2019s right to identity \u2013 a tool for inclusion or exclusion?” tab_id=”1772952457560-515964bd-8ba1″][vc_column_text]Date: <\/strong>08:30 \u2013 09:45 a.m., 2 March 2026<\/p>\n Audience: <\/strong>This side event is intended for policymakers and practitioners alike, including Member States, national human rights institutions, civil society, and representatives of United Nations entities.<\/p>\n Registration link: <\/strong>via Zoom as per invite<\/p>\n Location: <\/strong>Centre d\u2019Accueil de la Gen\u00e8ve Internationale (CAGI), La Pastorale Route de Ferney 106, 1202 Gen\u00e8ve<\/p>\n Format: <\/strong>Hybrid (Zoom)<\/p>\n Length: <\/strong>90 minutes<\/p>\n Digitalisation is one key accelerator for universal birth registration and ensuring that every child has a nationality. International human rights law provides a framework for using and regulating digital technologies in these contexts including the need to uphold the rights to privacy, non-discrimination, participation, freedom of expression, access to information, and accountability. This framework is essential for ensuring safe and inclusive use of digital technologies.<\/p>\n Digitalisation alone is, however, not the solution for achieving the child\u2019s right to identity. 2025, was a year of increased attention to these issues with various reports, learnings and recommendations for a sustainable human rights-based approach to digitalisation. This side events considers these reports to demonstrate and help understand:<\/p>\n Opening remarks <\/strong><\/p>\n Panel :<\/strong><\/p>\n Closing remarks (tbc)<\/strong><\/p>\n Flyer<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”\u00c9v\u00e9nement parall\u00e8le : La num\u00e9risation et le droit de l’enfant \u00e0 l’identit\u00e9 \u2013 un outil d’inclusion ou d’exclusion ?” tab_id=”1772952457587-e9f458b9-924f”][vc_column_text]Date: <\/strong>08:30 \u2013 09:45 h, 2 mars 2026<\/p>\n Public<\/strong> : Cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement parall\u00e8le s’adresse aussi bien aux d\u00e9cideurs politiques qu’aux praticiens, notamment aux \u00c9tats membres, aux institutions nationales des droits de l’homme, \u00e0 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile et aux repr\u00e9sentants des entit\u00e9s des Nations Unies.<\/p>\n Lien d’inscription <\/strong>: via Zoom, conform\u00e9ment \u00e0 l’invitation<\/p>\n Lieu <\/strong>: Centre d’Accueil de la Gen\u00e8ve Internationale (CAGI), La Pastorale Route de Ferney 106, 1202 Gen\u00e8ve<\/p>\n Format <\/strong>: hybride (Zoom)<\/p>\n Dur\u00e9e<\/strong> : 90 minutes<\/p>\n La num\u00e9risation est un facteur cl\u00e9 pour acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer l’enregistrement universel des naissances et garantir que chaque enfant ait une nationalit\u00e9. Le droit international relatif aux droits humains fournit un cadre pour l’utilisation et la r\u00e9glementation des technologies num\u00e9riques dans ces contextes, y compris la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de respecter les droits \u00e0 la vie priv\u00e9e, \u00e0 la non-discrimination, \u00e0 la participation, \u00e0 la libert\u00e9 d’expression, \u00e0 l’acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l’information et \u00e0 la responsabilit\u00e9. Ce cadre est essentiel pour garantir une utilisation s\u00fbre et inclusive des technologies num\u00e9riques.<\/p>\n La num\u00e9risation seule ne suffit toutefois pas \u00e0 garantir le droit de l’enfant \u00e0 l’identit\u00e9. L’ann\u00e9e 2025 a \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9e par une attention accrue port\u00e9e \u00e0 ces questions, avec la publication de divers rapports, enseignements et recommandations en faveur d’une approche durable de la num\u00e9risation fond\u00e9e sur les droits humains. Cette manifestation parall\u00e8le s’appuie sur ces rapports pour d\u00e9montrer et aider \u00e0 comprendre :<\/p>\n Allocutions d’ouverture :<\/strong><\/p>\n Panel :<\/strong><\/p>\n Discours de cl\u00f4ture (\u00e0 confirmer)<\/strong><\/p>\n Flyer<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Evento paralelo: Digitalizaci\u00f3n y el derecho de las ni\u00f1as, ni\u00f1os y adolescentes a la identidad. \u00bfUna herramienta para la inclusi\u00f3n o exclusi\u00f3n?” tab_id=”1772952457614-e97cd6b9-269c”][vc_column_text]Fecha: <\/strong>2 de marzo 2026; 08:30 a.m. \u2013 09:45 a.m.<\/p>\n P\u00fablico: <\/strong>Este evento paralelo est\u00e1 dirigido tanto a desarrolladores de pol\u00edticas p\u00fablicas como a profesionales, entre ellos los Estados Miembros, los \u00f3rganos nacionales de derechos humanos, la sociedad civil y los representantes de organismos de las Naciones Unidas.<\/p>\n Registro: <\/strong>V\u00eda Zoom por invitaci\u00f3n<\/p>\n Ubicaci\u00f3n: <\/strong>Centre d\u2019Accueil de la Gen\u00e8ve Internationale (CAGI), La Pastorale, 106 route de Ferney, 1202 Ginebra, Suiza<\/p>\n Formato: <\/strong>H\u00edbrido (Zoom)<\/p>\n Duraci\u00f3n: <\/strong>90 minutos<\/p>\n La digitalizaci\u00f3n es un acelerador clave para el registro universal de nacimientos y para garantizar que todas las ni\u00f1as, los ni\u00f1os y los adolescentes tengan una nacionalidad. El derecho internacional de los derechos humanos ofrece un marco para el recurso a y la regulaci\u00f3n de las tecnolog\u00edas digitales en estos contextos, incluida la necesidad de defender los derechos a la privacidad, la no discriminaci\u00f3n, la participaci\u00f3n, la libertad de expresi\u00f3n, el acceso a la informaci\u00f3n y la rendici\u00f3n de cuentas. Este marco es esencial para garantizar un uso seguro e inclusivo de las tecnolog\u00edas digitales.<\/p>\n Sin embargo, la digitalizaci\u00f3n por s\u00ed sola no es la soluci\u00f3n para lograr el derecho de las ni\u00f1as, los ni\u00f1os y los adolescentes a la identidad. El a\u00f1o 2025 fue un a\u00f1o en el que se prest\u00f3 mayor atenci\u00f3n a estas cuestiones, con diversos informes, aprendizajes y recomendaciones para un enfoque sostenible en la digitalizaci\u00f3n basado en los derechos humanos. Este evento paralelo tiene en cuenta estos informes para demostrar y ayudar a comprender:<\/p>\n Intervenci\u00f3n de apertura<\/strong><\/p>\n Ponentes:<\/strong><\/p>\n Observaciones y conclusi\u00f3n (por confirmar<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n Flyer<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1715320948919{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1715320959069{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”13737″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770802693162{margin-top: 15px !important;}”]Ambassador Francisca M\u00e9ndez<\/span><\/strong><\/span> In the Mexican Foreign Service Headquarters, Ambassador M\u00e9ndez worked in the Department of Political Affairs and the Caribbean, in the Directorate for United Nations and in the Directorate for Global Affairs.<\/p>\n She was a Deputy Counselor in the Consulates in Milan and Barcelona. In the latter, she spent a year and a half in charge of the Consulate.\u00a0 Following these postings, Ambassador M\u00e9ndez was Deputy Head of Mission in Romania, Costa Rica and Spain where she ended her assignment as Charg\u00e9 affairs for eight months. Her last international assignment, she acted as Deputy Head of Mission for European Union, Kingdom of Belgium and Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg.<\/p>\n She has served as Director General for American Regional Organizations and Mechanisms and served as National Coordinator of Mexico in the Pacific Alliance, in the Ibero-American Summit and in the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and also as Special Advisor to the Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean in business and educational matters.<\/p>\n From January 2017 to February 2022, she served as Ambassador of Mexico in the United Arab Emirates, being the first Mexican woman from the SEM accredited in a country of the Arabian Gulf, where she also participated in Iraq and represented before the International Energy Agency. Renewables based in Abu Dhabi. She was awarded by the Emirati Government with the highest distinction \u201cFirst Class Independence Decoration\u201d.<\/p>\n Since February 2022, Ambassador M\u00e9ndez has been Permanent Representative in the Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and International Organizations based in Geneva.<\/p>\n Throughout her career, she has represented Mexico in more than three hundred meetings in multilateral and regional forums and has been characterized by her ability to negotiate and create consensus. In the Representations where she has been, Ambassador M\u00e9ndez has carried out intense work of economic, cultural and cooperation promotion.<\/p>\n She has given several conferences and written articles on Mexican foreign policy, sustainable development, gender equality, people with disabilities, multilateralism, among others. She edited the book \u201cThe headquarters of the Mexican Embassy in Costa Rica: testimony of a solid and constructive relationship\u201d and is the author of the e-book \u201cThe links between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean: History and perspective of regional integration\u201d.<\/p>\n In November 2022 she presented her book at the FIL in Guadalajara \u201cWhy Fer doesn’t want to grow?\u201d, which talks about autism. She has been very active in issues of gender equality and people with disabilities.<\/p>\n Her native language is Spanish and she speaks English, French and Italian.<\/p>\n She is married to Jan-Jilles van der Hoeven and has two children, Francisca, 31, and Fernando, 30.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”8291″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1772218508505{margin-top: 15px !important;}”]Professor Philip Jaff\u00e9<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Professeure en psychologie clinique \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Alger 2, elle dirige une \u00e9quipe de recherche au LAPCM sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans l\u2019\u00e9tude des traumatismes. Engag\u00e9e depuis plus de 34 ans dans la d\u00e9fense et la promotion des droits de l\u2019enfant, elle est Vice-pr\u00e9sidente de la Fondation nationale pour la promotion de la sant\u00e9 et le d\u00e9veloppement de la recherche (FOREM) et Pr\u00e9sidente du Conseil scientifique de l\u2019Observatoire des droits de l\u2019enfant.<\/p>\n Elle a collabor\u00e9 \u00e9troitement avec l\u2019UNICEF Alg\u00e9rie en qualit\u00e9 d\u2019experte consultante et rapporteure, notamment sur les impacts de la pand\u00e9mie sur les enfants, et a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9laboration de rapports nationaux relatifs \u00e0 la situation de l\u2019enfance et aux syst\u00e8mes de protection. Elle a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 membre du Conseil national des droits de l\u2019homme (CNDH), nomm\u00e9e par d\u00e9cret pr\u00e9sidentiel, o\u00f9 elle a exerc\u00e9 comme rapporteure au sein de la commission charg\u00e9e des femmes, des enfants et des personnes vuln\u00e9rables.<\/p>\n Son parcours conjugue expertise acad\u00e9mique, engagement institutionnel et action normative aux niveaux national, r\u00e9gional et international.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”13769″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770802330856{margin-top: 15px !important;}”]Helen Griffiths<\/span><\/strong><\/span> She previously worked for the Children and Young People\u2019s Commissioner Scotland and Defence for Children International, where she advised on law, policy, and practice and conducted advocacy on children\u2019s rights, particularly with international human rights mechanisms. She also worked for Human Rights Watch, supporting on a range of child rights issues and conducting research and advocacy on the rights of migrant and asylum-seeking children and on the right to education.<\/p>\n She holds a B.A. (Hons) from Te Whare W\u0101nanga o Waitaha \/ the University of Canterbury, an M.A. in International Peace and Security from King\u2019s College London, and an LL.M. in International Human Rights Law and Practice from the University of York.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1715320959069{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”8152″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770802770584{margin-top: 15px !important;}”]Bhaskar Mishra<\/span><\/strong><\/span> [vc_row equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1715320936420{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] Side event: Digitalisation and the child\u2019s right to identity \u2013 a tool for inclusion or exclusion? 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\nPermanent Representative of Mexico to the UN Office in Geneva[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”triangle” c_position=”right” active_section=”99″ collapsible_all=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1714404609749{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_tta_section title=”Biography” tab_id=”1734530391481-e0766689-ed574248-525605e4-35b3″][vc_column_text]Ambassador M\u00e9ndez was born in Mexico City. She entered the Diplomatic Service of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1991. She graduated as a BSc in Political Sciences and Public Administration and a MSc in Latin American Studies from the Mexican National Autonomous University (UNAM). She obtained her second MSc in Law and Economics from the Milan State University in Italy. She has diplomas in international politics, public diplomacy and Arab studies, the latter with professors from the University of Oxford.<\/p>\n
\nVice-Chairperson United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (moderator)[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”triangle” c_position=”right” active_section=”99″ collapsible_all=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1714404609749{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_tta_section title=”Biography” tab_id=”1714411810216-f437112c-ab9d1ba1-87e89758-5c322b2e-1ea74248-525605e4-35b3″][vc_column_text]Philip D. Jaff\u00e9 est professeur honoraire \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Gen\u00e8ve. Il a cofond\u00e9 son Centre interfacultaire en droits de l\u2019enfant et l\u2019a dirig\u00e9 de 2008 \u00e0 2019. En 2018, il est \u00e9lu au Comit\u00e9 des droits de l\u2019enfant des Nations Unies et il accomplit son deuxi\u00e8me mandat jusqu\u2019en 2027. Psychologue clinicien et forensique, form\u00e9 en Suisse et aux USA, il exerce encore comme psychoth\u00e9rapeute et expert aux tribunaux. Sa vision professionnelle a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 de servir la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile comme scientifique praticien.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”13772″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770815493032{margin-top: 15px !important;}”]Hon. Sabrina Gahar<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nChairperson African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”triangle” c_position=”right” active_section=”99″ collapsible_all=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1714404609749{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_tta_section title=”Biography” tab_id=”1770803190323-08f2a041-4c05″][vc_column_text]Pr Sabrina GAHAR\u00a0est Pr\u00e9sidente du Comit\u00e9 Africain d\u2019Experts sur les Droits et le Bien-\u00eatre de l\u2019Enfant (Union africaine) et Rapporteure sp\u00e9ciale sur les enfants en mouvement au sein de l\u2019ACERWC. Elle est \u00e9galement Experte ind\u00e9pendante des Nations Unies au Comit\u00e9 pour la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille (CMW\u2013HCDH).<\/p>\n
\nHuman Rights Officer, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”triangle” c_position=”right” active_section=”99″ collapsible_all=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1714404609749{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_tta_section title=”Biography” tab_id=”1760089022892-4df07856-4da705e4-35b3″][vc_column_text]Helen Griffiths is a Human Rights Officer with the Child and Youth Rights Unit of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She focuses on a range of child and youth rights issues, including implementing intergovernmental mandates and justice.<\/p>\n
\nChild protection specialist, UNICEF (moderator) [\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”triangle” c_position=”right” active_section=”99″ collapsible_all=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1714404609749{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_tta_section title=”Biography” tab_id=”1760089027511-ae5e311a-c28305e4-35b3″][vc_column_text]Bhaskar Mishra works as the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics and Legal Identity Specialist with UNICEF HQ, New York. He also supports UNICEF\u2019s work on the UN Legal Identity Agenda. From 2016 to 2021, Bhaskar worked with the UNICEF Tanzania CO as the Child Protection Specialist for Birth & Death Registration, supporting the Government of Tanzania in scaling up the simplified birth and death registration system. Previously, Bhaskar worked as the Deputy Registrar General responsible for implementing India\u2019s birth and death registration system.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”13819″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1772865305409{margin-top: 15px !important;}”]Christopher<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nTapori Children’s Parliament in Central African Republic, ATD Fourth World [\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”triangle” c_position=”right” active_section=”99″ collapsible_all=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1714404609749{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_tta_section title=”Biography” tab_id=”1770803262762-9df0c188-83d8″][vc_column_text]The Tapori Children’s Parliament in Central African Republic is a vibrant initiative by the ATD Fourth World, which aims to unite children from diverse backgrounds to advocate for their rights and well-being. The parliament, which has been active since November 2020, consists of children aged 8 to 16 years old and represents a diverse range of backgrounds, including those living in extreme poverty and those from affluent families. The parliament’s activities focus on issues such as education, health, and the protection of children’s rights, and birth registration. https:\/\/www.atd-fourthworld.org\/children-advocates\/<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"