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Cybercrime Treaty May Conflict With UN Declaration
News The Council of Europe, a 41-nation intergovernmental organisation that works to harmonise national law and policy, has been working since May 1997 to develop the first global treaty for tackling computer crime.
[December 12, 2000, 13:30]
Council Of Europe Ratifies Cybercrime Treaty
News An 'anti-cybercrime treaty' designed to impose penalties on those breaking the law via the internet, originally adopted in November 2001, is finally to get the green light. The document, touted as the "first international treaty" to deal with...
[March 22, 2004, 15:00]
Council Of Europe Approves Cybercrime Treaty
News It is unclear whether the timetable for the treaty has been brought forward in order to address the recent terrorist attacks on New York and Washington last week, but the main objective of the Convention is to foster international cooperation in...
[September 21, 2001, 14:09]
Outrage Over Privacy Violation In Cybercrime Treaty
News A coalition of 22 human rights and public policy organisations say the Council of Europe's latest draft of an international cybercrime treaty gives law enforcement too much power and individuals too little.
[December 14, 2000, 8:45]
Bush Backs International Cybercrime Plan
News President Bush has asked the US Senate to ratify the first international cybercrime treaty. Even though the United States is a nonvoting member of the Council of Europe, it has pressed hard for the cybercrime treaty as a way to establish...
[November 19, 2003, 9:00]
Mexico Summit Urges Anti-piracy Action
News APEC's 21 member nations, which account for more than 60 percent of the world's Internet users, also vowed to "enact comprehensive cybersecurity laws" that follow the example of the Council of Europe's controversial cybercrime treaty.
[October 29, 2002, 9:18]
Canada's ISPs May Get 'spy' Role
News Canada and the United States are nonvoting members of the Council of Europe, and representatives from both countries' police agencies have endorsed the controversial cybercrime treaty, which has drawn protests from human rights activists and civil...
[August 28, 2002, 13:12]
Interpol Orders Immediate Cybercrime Action
News The council of Europe last week held talks to iron out draft proposals for an international treaty governing computer crime laws. Some groups have voiced concerns that an international treaty increasing law enforcers' powers could threaten...
[October 11, 2000, 15:02]
UK Police Crack Down On Local Hackers
News The Council of Europe is currently developing a draft cybercrime treaty, designed to align international cybercrime laws and make it easier for police to co-operate on investigations. He believes that the formation of the UK's new high-tech crime...
[January 24, 2001, 11:45]
Europe Stumbles On Echelon Spy Network
News The Council of Europe, which includes nearly all European nations and counts the US, Japan and Canada as non-voting members, is discussing changes to the so-called "cybercrime treaty", which will address monitoring and decoding terrorist...
[March 28, 2002, 17:40]
2000 Roundup: Cybercrime Goes Global
News The Council of Europe also met to discuss the creation of a worldwide treaty to combat computer crime. Civil rights groups claim the plans could contravene the European declaration of human rights by establishing intrusive surveillance powers and...
[December 26, 2000, 6:12]
EU Pact Criminalising Security Research? Pt II
News The Council of Europe has promised to provide a list of exceptions to the treaty, and professional network administrators will likely end up exempt. The wide-ranging draft treaty also includes extradition agreements and other controversial elements...
[October 26, 2000, 9:01]
Cybercrime Summit Urges International Cooperation
News So far 30 countries have signed the treaty, which aims to align international law on cybercrime, but only eight have actually implemented it in national law. The treaty came into force in July of this year.
[September 17, 2004, 15:50]
EU Pact Criminalising Security Research?
News That's part of the problem with The Council of Europe's draft Cybercrime Treaty, authored by the 41-nation body in consultation with the US Department of Justice. Computer hackers say the distinction was lost upon the Council of Europe earlier this...
[October 26, 2000, 8:56]
Computer Crime Treaty Threatens Human Rights
News An international coalition of 28 human rights and civil liberties groups has called on the Council of Europe to alter its draft treaty on International cybercrime, warning that the agreement could violate the European Convention on Human Rights...
[October 19, 2000, 7:41]
Interpol: Give Us The Tools To Fight Cybercrime
News The Convention, ratified in 2001, is a European treaty designed to allow a common criminal policy on cybercrime. The international police organisation said on Monday a new global legislative framework was needed to deal with cybercrime, which has...
[March 21, 2006, 12:35]
US Joins European Cybercrime Convention
News Also, under the terms of the treaty Internet service providers must co-operate with electronic searches and seizures without reimbursement, and businesses can be prevented from routinely deleting logs or other data through data preservation orders.
[October 2, 2006, 13:30]
EU Proposes Plan To Secure Internet
News Known as the Cybercrime Treaty, the proposed rules will force signatories to aid other countries in their investigations and pursuit of cybercriminals. A separate treaty among member states targets part of the legal work.
[June 7, 2001, 9:23]
2000 Roundup: Privacy Under Attack
News The latest target for privacy watchers is the Council of Europe's draft treaty on cybercrime. The treaty, which would encourage the standardisation of worldwide law on computer crime, was criticised for clauses that could lead to intrusive...
[December 30, 2000, 6:13]
Law Enforcement On A Borderless Web
News Members of the Council of Europe have spent years hammering out a cybercrime treaty, which is still awaiting approval by member nations. Many of those who track such jurisdictional issues think the problems prompted by the borderless Web eventually...
[June 2, 2002, 7:31]
