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The final round of negotiations is already close. Whose position will be stronger?
The US government is firmly committed to its desire for a much narrower version of the UN treaty on cybercrime than the draft published in November. The final round of negotiations on this agreement is expected at the end of January.
The initiative to develop the treaty was launched by Russia in 2017 with the aim of creating global rules governing crimes on the Internet.
Last week, during a briefing for journalists, a senior US State Department official involved in the negotiations stressed that the key difference now is the differences in wording between crimes that cover any offense related to technology or the Internet in one way or another, and crimes that depend on cyberspace, which in principle did not exist before the advent of the Internet. The Internet.
The United States and some other countries vote for the second formulation, while Russia and China vote for the first.
The UN Treaty on Cybercrime is widely criticized by both major technology companies and various human rights organizations, claiming that in its current version, the treaty threatens cybersecurity research, ignores human rights and undermines data privacy at the global level.
Many global human rights organizations have called for the treaty to be rejected unless it is substantially changed, focusing solely on combating cybercrime — as the United States wants it to be adopted.
The committee responsible for creating the treaty will meet at the UN from January 29 to February 9 for the seventh but final round of negotiations. After that, the report will be published, and the General Assembly will probably vote in September.
The greatest controversy regarding the contract is caused by the obligation of Internet service providers to provide user data not only in their own countries, but also at the international level. The United States and other countries oppose such demands.
Critics also express concern about the lack of protection for cybersecurity researchers and journalists. The representative of the State Department acknowledged that the existing provisions of the treaty in this aspect may not be sufficient.
The United States is pushing for strict human rights protections to be included in the treaty, and New Zealand and Canada have even proposed a new legal framework aimed at preventing the treaty from being used for repression and protecting freedom of expression on the Internet.
The US government is firmly committed to its desire for a much narrower version of the UN treaty on cybercrime than the draft published in November. The final round of negotiations on this agreement is expected at the end of January.
The initiative to develop the treaty was launched by Russia in 2017 with the aim of creating global rules governing crimes on the Internet.
Last week, during a briefing for journalists, a senior US State Department official involved in the negotiations stressed that the key difference now is the differences in wording between crimes that cover any offense related to technology or the Internet in one way or another, and crimes that depend on cyberspace, which in principle did not exist before the advent of the Internet. The Internet.
The United States and some other countries vote for the second formulation, while Russia and China vote for the first.
The UN Treaty on Cybercrime is widely criticized by both major technology companies and various human rights organizations, claiming that in its current version, the treaty threatens cybersecurity research, ignores human rights and undermines data privacy at the global level.
Many global human rights organizations have called for the treaty to be rejected unless it is substantially changed, focusing solely on combating cybercrime — as the United States wants it to be adopted.
The committee responsible for creating the treaty will meet at the UN from January 29 to February 9 for the seventh but final round of negotiations. After that, the report will be published, and the General Assembly will probably vote in September.
The greatest controversy regarding the contract is caused by the obligation of Internet service providers to provide user data not only in their own countries, but also at the international level. The United States and other countries oppose such demands.
Critics also express concern about the lack of protection for cybersecurity researchers and journalists. The representative of the State Department acknowledged that the existing provisions of the treaty in this aspect may not be sufficient.
The United States is pushing for strict human rights protections to be included in the treaty, and New Zealand and Canada have even proposed a new legal framework aimed at preventing the treaty from being used for repression and protecting freedom of expression on the Internet.
