No Consensus on Proposed Global Cybercrime Treaty

09-06-2023

On Friday, governments concluded two weeks of polarizing meetings at the United Nations on a proposed global cybercrime treaty without reaching consensus on fundamental issues like the treaty’s scope, what constitutes a cybercrime, and what role, if any, human rights should play in its implementation. Additionally, governments are still entertaining measures to fight global cybercrime at the expense of the rights of people this proposed treaty is meant to protect. The proposed treaty has the potential to rewrite cybercrime legislation in countries around the world and transform cross-border policing...