At the Human Rights Council, the African Union and the European Union co-organised a side event to highlight the need to bridge the digital divides and ensure that everyone, everywhere can reap the benefits of the digital transformation.

Education is not a privilege, it is a human right.

During the event speakers acknowledged that while the digital transformation of education provides a wide range of opportunities, it also hides some risks and challenges.

Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, Executive Director of The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva, recalled the Abidjan principles for education and called for their implementation as well as she elaborated on the issues of data protection and privacy.