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UN Cybercrime Treaty: FAQ on necessary reforms

UN Cybercrime Convention: FAQ on necessary reforms

25 Jan 2024

What is the UN cybercrime convention, what’s wrong with its current draft, and how can you engage with it? Read our FAQ to know.

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UN Cybercrime Convention: FAQ on necessary reforms
25 Jan 2024
UN Cybercrime Convention: FAQ on necessary reforms

Amend or reject: Joint statement on the UN Cybercrime Treaty

23 Jan 2024

Access Now and more than 100 NGOs demand state delegates to amend the draft cybercrime treaty in the upcoming concluding session of UN AHC.

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Amend or reject: Joint statement on the UN Cybercrime Treaty
23 Jan 2024
Amend or reject: Joint statement on the UN Cybercrime Treaty

Latest UN Cybercrime Treaty draft a ‘significant step in the wrong direction,’ experts warn

14 Dec 2023
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Latest UN Cybercrime Treaty draft a ‘significant step in the wrong direction,’ experts warn
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14 Dec 2023
Latest UN Cybercrime Treaty draft a ‘significant step in the wrong direction,’ experts warn
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Oral Statement – UN Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime 6th Session (NY) Arts 6-10, 36

29 Aug 2023
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Oral Statement – UN Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime 6th Session (NY) Arts 6-10, 36
29 Aug 2023
Oral Statement – UN Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime 6th Session (NY) Arts 6-10, 36

Human rights organizations tell Libyan House of Representatives to immediately repeal Anti-Cybercrime Law

10 Nov 2022

Access Now and partners are calling on Libya’s House of Representatives to immediately repeal the Anti-Cybercrime Law.

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Human rights organizations tell Libyan House of Representatives to immediately repeal Anti-Cybercrime Law
10 Nov 2022
Human rights organizations tell Libyan House of Representatives to immediately repeal Anti-Cybercrime Law
Digital rights

UN roundup and delegate guide: digital rights at the United Nations

14 Sep 2022

Our new brief tracks progress on digital rights at the UN, providing recommendations for advancing international norms and standards to safeguard human rights online. 

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UN roundup and delegate guide: digital rights at the United Nations
14 Sep 2022
UN roundup and delegate guide: digital rights at the United Nations
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Syria’s new “cybercrime” law adds salt to injury

27 May 2022

Syria’s new “cybercrime” law gives a regime notorious for surveilling citizens new powers to violate privacy, silence people, and add a false legal veneer to human rights violations.

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Syria’s new “cybercrime” law adds salt to injury
27 May 2022
Syria’s new “cybercrime” law adds salt to injury

Kenya must bin its repressive Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Bill

16 Dec 2021

Access Now is urging the Kenyan parliament to protect human rights and throw out the current Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Bill draft.

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Kenya must bin its repressive Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Bill
16 Dec 2021
Kenya must bin its repressive Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Bill

Libya’s cybercrime law: A threat to freedom of expression and legalization of censorship

10 Nov 2021

Libya has just adopted a dangerous new cybercrime law that stifles freedom of expression.

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Libya’s cybercrime law: A threat to freedom of expression and legalization of censorship
10 Nov 2021
Libya’s cybercrime law: A threat to freedom of expression and legalization of censorship
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Why Latin America should protect, not persecute, information security researchers

12 Aug 2021

Information security researchers help keep people safe online, yet they are being persecuted in Latin America when they should be protected.

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Why Latin America should protect, not persecute, information security researchers
12 Aug 2021
Why Latin America should protect, not persecute, information security researchers