A/HRC/28/55 children’s online empowerment; promote children’s learning and freedom of expression; support them in accessing, receiving and imparting information; and secure their protection from harmful materials and information, from unlawful interference with their privacy or correspondence, and from situations in which their image, honour and reputation may be at risk. 81. Framed by those standards, children can capitalize on the potential offered by ICTs to access information on the promotion and protection of their rights, and seek support and redress when exposed to violence, abuse and exploitation. For many children, quality access to the Internet is perceived as a fundamental human right. 82. The past years have been marked by the adoption of international standards to combat cybercrime, including the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, as well as to protect children from online abuse. The Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse addresses risks associated with technological developments, and is the first such instrument to identify as an offence the solicitation of children for sexual purposes through ICTs, often known as “grooming”. A multifaceted agenda is needed to unleash children’s potential and minimize online risks 83. Children’s online empowerment and protection calls for concerted prevention efforts, effective detection, reporting and prosecution of offences, and assistance to victims, including their recovery and reintegration. National authorities, families, schools, academia, civil society and the corporate sector are key actors in that process, and children’s active contribution to their own protection needs to be placed at the heart of those endeavours. 84. To consolidate progress in that fast-changing area, it is crucial to pursue a multifaceted, safe, inclusive and empowering digital agenda that capitalizes on the opportunities offered by ICTs, is effective in detecting and addressing online abuse, and, most importantly, that releases children’s potential and enhances their skills to explore the online world with confidence and in safety. 85. The digital agenda should include the following key dimensions. Empowering children 86. The Internet has opened up a digital divide among children, both between those who have ready and easy access to the Internet at home, school and elsewhere, and those who do not, and between those who are confident and proficient users and those who are not. 87. Children and young people want to be able to navigate the online world in safety and, as they often stress, they call for solutions that to go beyond simply avoiding online threats. That is reflected in many initiatives, including a manifesto developed by teenagers from Latin America, along with a regional online awareness-raising campaign to promote safer Internet use.27 88. It is critical to raise children’s awareness of online risks and provide guidance on ways of addressing them when they occur. However, children need, and want, to develop their capacities as digital citizens and to learn solid values and life skills, including a strong sense of responsibility, respect and concern for others. Rather than curtailing children’s 27 14 See http://rednatic.org/project/manifiesto-de-jovenes-latinoamericanos-por-un-uso-seguro-yresponsable-de-las-tic/.