An overbroad, unbalanced and dangerous UN cybercrime treaty must be rejected

As negotiations of a UN treaty against cybercrime are coming to a close, Privacy International is concerned that, in its current, almost final form, the draft treaty poses significant risks to both human rights and the security of digital communications.

The Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes is concluding its final negotiating session at UN headquarters in New York City, after over two years of negotiations which exposed deep divisions among states.

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As Privacy International has consistently affirmed, if the draft treaty cannot be fixed, it should be rejected. There is no longer time for negotiations to significantly improve the text. It is now time to reject this draft treaty.

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