As we expected, even though opponents have been warning that the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime needed to have a narrower scope, strong human rights safeguard and be more clearly defined in order to avoid abuse \u2013 the UN General Assembly has just adopted the documents, after five years of wrangling between various stakeholders.<\/p>\n
It is now up to UN-member states to first sign, and then ratify the treaty that will come into force three months after the 40th country does that.<\/p>\n
The UN bureaucracy is pleased with the development, hailing the convention as a \u201clandmark\u201d and \u201chistoric\u201d global treaty that will improve cross-border cooperation against cybercrime and digital threats.<\/p>\n
But critics have been saying that speech and human rights might fall victim to the treaty since various UN members treat human rights and privacy in vastly different ways \u2013 while the treaty now in a way \u201cstandardizes\u201d law enforcement agencies\u2019 investigative powers across borders.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/lionessofjudah.substack.com\/p\/while-you-were-distracted-un-adopts?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UN General Assembly Adopts Controversial Cybercrime Treaty Amid Criticism Over Censorship and Surveillance Risks As we expected, even though opponents have been warning that the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime needed to have a narrower scope, strong human rights safeguard … Continue reading