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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Council of Europe "cybercrime" treaty marches forwar




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Date sent:      	Thu, 20 Sep 2001 16:16:19 -0400
To:             	politech@politechbot.com
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: Council of Europe "cybercrime" treaty marches forward
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Background:

"Planned global Net-treaty hands police more power, limits privacy"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01136.html

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Summary from:
http://www.cdt.org/international/cybercrime/

EU Cybercrime Treaty Moves Closer to Adoption - On Wednesday,
September 19, 2001, the Council of Europe Ministers' Deputies approved
the Convention on Cybercrime. The Convention will be presented for
formal adoption to Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting in Strasbourg on
8 November, and is expected to be opened for signature by member
states at an international conference in Budapest at the end of
November. The treaty will enter into force when five states, at least
three of which are members of the Council of Europe, have ratified it.
The US, as a participant in the drafting of the treaty, will be
invited to ratify as well. The Convention requires signing countries
to adopt similar criminal laws on hacking, infringements of copyright,
computer-related fraud, and child pornography. It also contains a
series of powers and procedures such as the search of computer
networks and interception. It will be supplemented by an additional
protocol making any publication of racist and xenophobic propaganda
via computer networks a criminal offence. More September 20, 2001

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Press release:
http://press.coe.int/cp/2001/646a(2001).htm

First international treaty to combat crime in cyberspace approved by
Ministers' Deputies Strasbourg, 19.09.2001- The Council of Europe
Ministers' Deputies have just approved the Convention on Cybercrime.
The Deputies decided to present the Convention for formal adoption to
Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting in Strasbourg on 8 November, with
the opening for signature by member states taking place at an
international conference in Budapest at the end of November. It will
enter into force when five states, at least three of which are members
of the Council of Europe, have ratified it. The Convention will be the
first international treaty on crimes committed via the Internet and
other computer networks, dealing particularly with infringements of
copyright, computer-related fraud, child pornography and violations of
network security. It also contains a series of powers and procedures
such as the search of computer networks and interception. Its main
objective, set out in the preamble, is to pursue a common criminal
policy aimed at the protection of society against cybercrime,
especially by adopting appropriate legislation and fostering
international co-operation. The Convention is the product of four
years of work by Council of Europe experts, but also by the United
States, Canada, Japan and other countries which are not members of the
organisation. It will be supplemented by an additional protocol making
any publication of racist and xenophobic propaganda via computer
networks a criminal offence. * * * In 1997, the Council of Europe's
Committee of Ministers asked a committee of experts to "draft a
binding legal instrument" examining the issues of offences,
substantive criminal law, the use of coercive powers - including at
international level - and the problem of jurisdiction over computer
crimes. In April 2000, the draft text was declassified - a very
unusual step in the drafting of an international legal text - and made
public on the Internet so as to garner the opinions of professionals
and network users. In March 2001, the Parliamentary Assembly held a
hearing of international experts and then adopted an opinion on the
draft text at its April plenary session. Press Contact Sabine Zimmer,
Council of Europe Press Service Tel. +33 3 88 41 25 97 - Fax. +33 3 88
41 27 90 E-mail: PressUnit@coe.int




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