by Daniel Croft
A United Nations (UN) committee has convened to discuss the creation of a cyber crime convention which aims to shape legal frameworks and eliminate “legal blind spots” in cyber crime.
This is the fourth meeting of the ad-hoc committee that was established back in May 2021 made up of experts from around the globe that are “representative of all regions”.
The committee’s overall goal is to establish a convention that will answer the growing wave of cyber crime that has resulted from rapid international digitisation.
Taking place in Vienna, Austria from 9 to 20 January, the session will see the committee negotiate chapters of the convention regarding criminalisation, general provisions and procedural measures and law enforcement.
In addition, the ad-hoc committee will consider the creation of an “open-ended group of experts” that will overlook the language and text of the convention, ensuring consistency in all official UN languages.
