The risks of a last|minute Cybercrime Treaty Protocol

The upcoming session is a pivotal moment for the UN cybercrime convention. As member states prepare for this critical discussion, ...

The protocols on trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants were adopted alongside the main convention, and a further protocol on ...

Our latest piece on the #cybercrime UN negotiation process. "What's the Protocol on Protocols?"

This risk is heightened for content-related offenses or other crimes where legal standards vary widely between countries, and where geopolitical ...

As governments embark on the 4th year of negotiations on the UN cybercrime treaty, Stéphane Duguin decodes how the treaty misses its aim.

Indeed, instead of merely facilitating cooperation on core cybercrime, this convention authorizes open-ended evidence gathering and sharing for ...

By expanding government surveillance to investigate crimes, the treaty could create an unprecedented tool for cross-border cooperation in ...

The ongoing UN cybercrime treaty negotiations face significant disagreements. As a new session looms, a proposal for a supplementary ...

What's the protocol on protocols? The risks of a last-minute Cybercrime Treaty Protocol. Global Initiative. - 1 August, 2024.

... crime treaty in over 20 years and the first UN Convention against Cybercrime at a time when threats in cyberspace are growing rapidly,” said ...

The U.S. faces a tough decision on whether to support a controversial UN cybercrime treaty that, despite aiming to strengthen global ...

Translating these provisions into criminal laws without explicit protections or clarifications could discourage legitimate security testing, ...

The treaty risks empowering authoritarian governments, harming global cybersecurity, and endangering human rights ... convention until last week.

If all efforts at consensus have been exhausted and no agreement has been reached, the supplementary protocol shall, as a last resort, require ...

A criminal justice instrument that aims to prevent and counter cybercriminal activities must be rooted in the protection and promotion of human ...

Among a litany of concerns is that a clause in the agreement could be misused or misinterpreted — allowing nations that sign on to request data ...

Last year, the U.N. embarked on the very ambitious journey to adopt (over only a period of two years) a global cybercrime treaty. This project ...

Join CSIS on October 4 for a virtual discussion on the impact of the United Nations Convention on Cybercrime and some of the myths ...

Article 4 requires states parties to criminalize offences under “other applicable United. Nations conventions and protocols… when committed ...

ICC warns of serious flaws in the newly adopted UN Convention against cybercrime. Share this: ... Last week the United Nations adopted the first ...