[bestbits] Cybercrime, and the International venues for discussion of it

[Joana]

btw embassador sepulveda has just mentioned UNODC in his speech right now at pp14
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On 23 October 2014 17:14:48 GMT+09:00, Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton at consensus.pro> wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>Given that there are references amongst the Internet Governance
>community from time to time suggesting that cybercrime is an ‘orphan
>issue’, and for those unfamiliar with the alphabet soup of UN agencies
>as regards criminal justice issues, there is an agency called the UN
>Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). UNODC is one of the main venues
>where issues like cybercrime should be (and actually are) discussed,
>rather than ITU with its different mandate. Of course others like
>EUROPOL and INTERPOL are also very important.
>
>UNODC have a report, the Comprehensive Study on Cybercrime that is
>really worth a read. In particular, Chapter 7 on international
>cooperation is particularly worth reading (it is a big document).
>
>UNODC are also the secretariat of perhaps the most modern and
>comprehensive international agreement on transnational crime, the
>United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the
>Protocols Thereto.
>
>For those of you interested in the view of the agency on human rights
>as it relates to its mandate, their view on that may be found here. 
>
>It seems to me that for those of us at Plenipot emphasising (often)
>that there are venues where the Internet dimension of key issues like
>crime and child protection are discussed, and more to the point, the
>places they’re discussed actually have as a core part of their mandate
>to work on them. ITU should of course be involved and engaged, but they
>should not be leading, either formally or informally, for the simple
>reason that they don’t have either the mandate nor the expertise.
>
>Of course, there are issues with respect to non-governmental engagement
>processes, but that to my mind is a separate issue, just as it is at
>ITU (which is not to trivialise the importance of that aspect of things
>at all).
>
>Regards, Nick
>
>
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