More Than 60 UN Members Sign Cybercrime Treaty Opposed By Rights Groups

Countries signed their first UN treaty targeting cybercrime in Hanoi on Saturday, despite opposition from an unlikely band of tech companies and rights groups warning of expanded state surveillance. From a report: The new global legal framework aims to strengthen international cooperation to fight digital crimes, from child pornography to transnational cyberscams and money laundering. More than 60 countries were seen to sign the declaration Saturday, which means it will go into force once ratified by those states. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres described the signing as an "important milestone", but that it was "only the beginning".

"Every day, sophisticated scams, destroy families, steal migrants and drain billions of dollars from our economy... We need a strong, connected global response," he said at the opening ceremony in Vietnam's capital on Saturday. The UN Convention against Cybercrime was first proposed by Russian diplomats in 2017, and approved by consensus last year after lengthy negotiations. Critics say its broad language could lead to abuses of power and enable the cross-border repression of government critics.

Which 60 countries?

[rstanley]

Does anybody know which countries? Did the US sign that Treaty?

Which they has listed them.

UN says 72

[Kunedog]

Guess we don't get to know which.

Vietnam's government said this week that 60 countries were registered for the official signing, without disclosing which ones. But the list will probably not be limited to Russia, China, and their allies.

https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en... [unodc.org]

72 states signed the UN Convention against Cybercrime, which still must be ratified by each State according to its own procedures.

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[taustin]

The US apparently has, but it doesn't matter until it's ratified (by each country).

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[alvinrod]

It doesn't matter even then. Like anything proposed by the UN, actual enforcement depends on individual nations. Failure to adequately enforce the laws comes with at most a sternly worded condemnation from the UN.

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[taustin]

It matters within the countries that ratify it. If the US Senate ratifies it, it becomes the law of the land, equal to (but not superseding) the Constitution itself within the US.

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[cristiroma]

From TFA: "Countries signed their first UN treaty targeting cybercrime in Hanoi [...]" - Vietnam I suppose? Could not find any official list, but there's the list of statements here: https://hanoiconvention.org/st... [hanoiconvention.org], US seem to be missing?

Obey

[OrangeTide]

They're doing this for your own good. Have you said thank you once?

they should focus on crypto instead

[sziring]

They should focus on crypto instead. Restrict the profits, reduce the incentive.

Figures

[Brett Buck]

Hanoi, eh?

List of signatories

[test321]

List of Soverign States (or equivalent) which sent a delegation to Hanoi and requested to be plenary speaker:
(re-ordered by alphabetically of common name).
Slashdot obliged me leave to full name to pass an arbitrary limit of characters per line.

Algeria (People’s Democratic Republic of)
Armenia (Republic of)
Austria (Republic of)
Brunei (Negara Brunei Darussalam)
Burkina Faso
Burundi (Republic of)
Canada
Chad (Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of)
Colombia (Republic of)
Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
Costa Rica
Cuba (Republic of)
Dominican Republic
France (Republic of)
Greece (Hellenic Republic)
Indonesia (Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Israel (State of)
Jamaica
Japan
Korea (Republic of)
Luxembourg (Grand Duchy of)
Malawi (Republic of)
Malaysia
Mali (Republic of)
Mozambique (Republic of)
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Nicaragua (Republic of)
Nigeria (Federal Republic of)
Palau (Republic of)
Palestine (State of)
Papua New Guinea (Independent State of)
Peru (Republic of)
Philippines (Republic of the)
Portugal (Portuguese Republic)
Rwanda (Republic of)
Slovenia (Republic of)
South Africa (Republic of)
Spain (Kingdom of)
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)
Sweden (Kingdom of)
Swiss Confederation (Switzerland)
Tanzania (United Republic of)
Tuvalu
Uganda (Republic of)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
Uruguay (Oriental Republic of)
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Yemen (Republic of)
Zimbabwe (Republic of)

These are 52 presumabily signatories. In order to reach 62 reported by the press, we add the following organizations (not a Sovereign State):

28. European Union
54. Council of Europe
55. INTERPOL
56. League of Arab States
57. Google LLC
58. Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
59. Cybersecurity Education Initiative (CYSED)
60. Elevation International Holdings
61. Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
62. Kathak Academy

What?

[Anamon]

Scams steal migrants? What the heck is that even supposed to mean?