This week, the final round of negotiations of the so called “UN Cybercrime Convention” has started. The content of the treaty seriously alarms us as a human rights NGO, so we once again travelled to New York to stop a potential agreement on this dangerous draft.

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This was 2023 from a digital rights perspective: We look back on an eventful year.

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The year is drawing to a close - and one of the topics that was and still is high on our agenda is the planned United Nations Cybercrime Convention.

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UN Cybercrime Convention – The Talks Continue

 

Back in January we published a blogpost explaining what to expect from the UN Cybercrime Convention negotiations in Vienna, Austria.

 

Now, the fifth round of talks (11 – 21 April 2023), held at the UN’s Vienna Office, has concluded. Tanja…

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The rapid speed at which digital technologies are becoming increasingly connected and penetrate all areas of life also requires constant adaptation of legal regulations. This development also extends to the fighting of crime. Despite existing regulations at the regional level (for example, the…

Government Spyware , Data Retention , Privacy and Data Protection , Surveillance , UN-Cybercrime-Convention

Press mentions on this topic

Title Date Publication Publication details Type of publication Mentioned
12/20/2022 Tiroler Tageszeitung Print yes
12/20/2022 Der Standard Print yes
12/19/2022 Ö1 Mittagsjournal Radio yes
12/19/2022 OTS Web yes
12/19/2022 ORF Web yes
12/19/2022 ORF ZIB2 Television yes
12/19/2022 derStandard.at Web yes
12/19/2022 Ö1 Abendjournal Radio yes
12/18/2022 derStandard.at Web yes
12/18/2022 FM4 Web yes

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