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The international community was divided in its assessment of the draft treaty.
On the eve of the final stage of negotiations on the draft UN Treaty on Cybercrime, the US State Department expressed concern about the protection of human rights.
The United States and 40 other UN member states signed a statement highlighting the risk of using the treaty for domestic and transnational repression, as well as human rights violations. The statement was made against the background of sharp criticism of the draft treaty by human rights organizations and defenders of digital freedoms. Negotiations on the draft agreement began on July 29 and will last until August 9.
The US Department of State considers the treaty a threat to journalists, civil society, human rights defenders, and diasporas and marginalized groups. The US, as a founding member of the Internet Freedom Coalition, highlighted the positive aspects of the draft treaty, noting the possibility of strengthening international cooperation in the fight against cybercrime. The Treaty marks international cooperation in the collection and exchange of electronic evidence on cybercrime.
The signatories of the statement are focused on ensuring that the final treaty cannot be used to suppress actions protected by international human rights law. Participants will insist on the inclusion of reliable guarantees of human rights protection in the final version of the treaty.
The draft agreement also caused a wave of discontent among representatives of the technology industry. The Cybersecurity Coalition, which includes Meta*, Microsoft, Cisco and Mandiant, has condemned the treaty's human rights provisions and expressed serious concerns about technology issues.
The Coalition believes that the agreement creates significant risks for corporate IT systems and gives law enforcement agencies the opportunity to require citizens to access their credentials, unlock secure systems and transfer information to law enforcement agencies, even if the citizen is currently outside the country. The Coalition also noted that the treaty in its current form creates criminal liability for cybersecurity researchers and pentesters.
The Cybersecurity Coalition said the Treaty threatens human rights and legitimate commercial activities, and undermines global cybersecurity by making crimes more accessible to cybercriminals. It is also emphasized that the treaty will facilitate the exchange of data on citizens between governments around the world in complete secrecy, which the Coalition considers unacceptable for the UN treaty.
Human rights organizations have recently noted that the draft UN Treaty on Cybercrime is worrisome because of its broad scope and lack of human rights guarantees for those who challenge repressive governments. The possible increasing marginalization of women and members of sexual minorities is also a matter of concern.
In its current form, the document can help rewrite criminal laws around the world, creating new expanded powers for the police, which will actually make it an unprecedented multilateral tool for cross-border surveillance without sufficient guarantees of human rights. Instead of addressing issues related to attacks on computer networks and data, the treaty changes the definition of cybercrime to include crimes committed using international communication technologies, which will facilitate and strengthen national repression.
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On the eve of the final stage of negotiations on the draft UN Treaty on Cybercrime, the US State Department expressed concern about the protection of human rights.
The United States and 40 other UN member states signed a statement highlighting the risk of using the treaty for domestic and transnational repression, as well as human rights violations. The statement was made against the background of sharp criticism of the draft treaty by human rights organizations and defenders of digital freedoms. Negotiations on the draft agreement began on July 29 and will last until August 9.
The US Department of State considers the treaty a threat to journalists, civil society, human rights defenders, and diasporas and marginalized groups. The US, as a founding member of the Internet Freedom Coalition, highlighted the positive aspects of the draft treaty, noting the possibility of strengthening international cooperation in the fight against cybercrime. The Treaty marks international cooperation in the collection and exchange of electronic evidence on cybercrime.
The signatories of the statement are focused on ensuring that the final treaty cannot be used to suppress actions protected by international human rights law. Participants will insist on the inclusion of reliable guarantees of human rights protection in the final version of the treaty.
The draft agreement also caused a wave of discontent among representatives of the technology industry. The Cybersecurity Coalition, which includes Meta*, Microsoft, Cisco and Mandiant, has condemned the treaty's human rights provisions and expressed serious concerns about technology issues.
The Coalition believes that the agreement creates significant risks for corporate IT systems and gives law enforcement agencies the opportunity to require citizens to access their credentials, unlock secure systems and transfer information to law enforcement agencies, even if the citizen is currently outside the country. The Coalition also noted that the treaty in its current form creates criminal liability for cybersecurity researchers and pentesters.
The Cybersecurity Coalition said the Treaty threatens human rights and legitimate commercial activities, and undermines global cybersecurity by making crimes more accessible to cybercriminals. It is also emphasized that the treaty will facilitate the exchange of data on citizens between governments around the world in complete secrecy, which the Coalition considers unacceptable for the UN treaty.
Human rights organizations have recently noted that the draft UN Treaty on Cybercrime is worrisome because of its broad scope and lack of human rights guarantees for those who challenge repressive governments. The possible increasing marginalization of women and members of sexual minorities is also a matter of concern.
In its current form, the document can help rewrite criminal laws around the world, creating new expanded powers for the police, which will actually make it an unprecedented multilateral tool for cross-border surveillance without sufficient guarantees of human rights. Instead of addressing issues related to attacks on computer networks and data, the treaty changes the definition of cybercrime to include crimes committed using international communication technologies, which will facilitate and strengthen national repression.
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