UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

Spring forward: States to review part II of draft cybercrime treaty

Spring forward

...ty. The GI-TOC was left with a sense of concern over how wide the potential scope of the treaty was becoming, which means it could be used as a tool for repression as much as a tool for combatting cybercrime in the future. A related concern was the pushback against the inclusion of legal safeguards, not just from the usual cast of governments, but also from crucial blocks such as the Caribbean Commu...

Posted on 11 Apr 2023

Author(s): Summer Walker, Ian Tennant

12 Dec

ESA-Obs, NAS-Obs, WEA-Obs

The downsides of digital revolution: Confronting Africa’s evolving cyber threats

The downsides of digital revolution:

...nd the international community can work together to address them. In this webinar the authors of the upcoming GI-TOC report, ‘The Downsides Of Digital Revolution: Confronting Africa’s Evolving cyber Threats,’ will launch the report and detail how Africa’s digital revolution is impacting and amplifying a broad array of security threats, including organized crime, critical infrastructure sabot...

Posted on 02 Dec 2022

Author(s): Nate Allen, Matthew La Lime, Tomslin Samme-Nlar

06 Sep

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

Preventing cybercrime: the role of public-private partnerships

...No one actor has a total view of the cybercrime eco-system but through partnership governments, civil society and the private sector can work together to build a clearer picture of the threat, respond more quickly to those threats, and preven...

Posted on 26 Aug 2022

UN Cyberwatch

Under the microscope: Delegates get into the details as UN cybercrime negotiations move forward

... Budapest Convention) versus 'digital information', Russia's preferred expression. These highly detailed questions relate to the issues of how broad the convention will be, what norms it will set for cyber issues and how much will be taken from existing agreements or redefined. Is it cybercrime treaty or the use of ICTs for criminal purposes? Disagreements are still substantial over how wide the ...

Posted on 15 Jun 2022

Author(s): Summer Walker, Ian Tennant

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

UN Cybercrime Negotiations: Industry roundtable 29 March 2022

UN Cybercrime negotiations

...a collaboration between the UK government and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (henceforth ‘GI-TOC’) to promote civil society engagement in the UN negotiations around a cybercrime treaty, the GI-TOC organized a meeting to consult key experts and industry stakeholders. The purpose was to provide inputs for the UK government as it develops its submissions and negotiating p...

Posted on 09 May 2022

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

Guidance notes on a draft convention on cybercrime

Guidance notes on a draft convention on cybercrime

...The formal process at the United Nations to negotiate a global cybercrime convention began in 2022. States and multistakeholders are requested to submit substantive inputs ahead of each convening. On this page, you can find GI-TOC’s submissions on the topics for the...

Posted on 31 Mar 2022

UN Cyberwatch, UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch

Cyber, fire and fury

...Delegates at the UN in New York have wrapped up a two-week (28 February-11 March) meeting to kick off the negotiations for a global cybercrime treaty. Overshadowed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – and with relations between the West and Russia at a low point – member states did nevertheless manage to achieve consensus on the ne...

Posted on 17 Mar 2022

Author(s): Ian Tennant, Summer Walker

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

GI-TOC Director’s statement to the first session of the UN Ad Hoc Committee on cybercrime

...GI-TOC Director's statement to the first session of the UN Ad Hoc Committee on cybercrime...

Posted on 02 Mar 2022

UN Cyberwatch, UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch

Trouble loading: UN cybercrime negotiations delayed

...Scheduled January debates on a global cybercrime treaty have been postponed in the wake of the Omicron wave. Despite Russia's push to hold the meetings as soon as possible, the country has once again lost out through votes on its preferences, ...

Posted on 27 Jan 2022

Author(s): Summer Walker

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

Control, alt, or delete? The UN cybercrime debate enters a new phase

Control, alt, or delete?

...A potentially significant shift in the UN response to cybercrime is underway. Since the adoption of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) in 2000, and the subsequent adoption of the Council of Europe’s Budapest Convention in 2001, ...

Posted on 22 Dec 2021

Author(s): Summer Walker, Ian Tennant

UN Cyberwatch, UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

Contested domain: UN cybercrime resolution stumbles out of the gate

...On 26 May 2021, a resolution on cybercrime was voted through the United Nations General Assembly. This resolution was mainly organizational, determining the rules and process to debate and possibly draft a treaty ‘on countering the use...

Posted on 02 Jun 2021

Author(s): Summer Walker

UN Cyberwatch, UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

Time to engage: The UN wades into a global cybercrime treaty debate

...se decisions determine the level of transparency and inclusion the process will have, and ultimately the ability for stakeholders to influence this critical policy agenda. While there are regional cybercrime treaties, there is no UN legal instrument on cybercrime. A typical timeframe to negotiate a treaty of this kind varies: the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime took four years to negotiat...

Posted on 07 May 2021

Author(s): Summer Walker, Ian Tennant

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