VIENNA—On Tuesday, April 18, at 10:00 am Pacific Time (1:00 pm Eastern Time), experts from Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and three Latin American digital rights allies will brief reporters about the unique threats to privacy posed by the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty, which could authorize the use of spyware already being deployed against journalists and human rights defenders.
The treaty, which has been the subject of negotiations among UN Member States for a year, so far lacks strong commitments to human rights and detailed conditions and safeguards needed to protect the rights of individuals and organizations in the region.
The one-hour briefing will be livestreamed from the fifth session of treaty negotiations in Vienna, where representatives from over 100 Member States are meeting to discuss a draft document that will serve as a basis for the treaty.
Experts from EFF, Network in Defense of Digital Rights (R3D), Derechos Digitales, and Fundacion Karisma will discuss how the draft creates over 30 new cybercrime offenses; new criminal procedures for cross-border sharing of alleged evidence, including private user data; and increased police surveillance powers. States that sign on to the treaty would adopt these offenses and procedures into their national criminal codes.
Without appropriate human rights safeguards written into the treaty, these measures are incompatible
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