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International Cyber Law Instruments

Berne Convention

Berne Convention (Paris Act) for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 24 July 1971 (as amended to 28 September 1979)

Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth Cyber Declaration (London 2018)

Commonwealth Model Law on Electronic Transactions (2017)

Budapest Convention

Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, November 2001 (ETS No 185) (Budapest Convention)

Draft v 3 - Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on Enhanced Co-operation and Disclosure of Electronic Evidence (approved by Cybercrime Convention Committee, 28 May 2021)

Council of Europe Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalization of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems, January 2003 (ETS No 189) (Strasbourg Protocol)

EU (GDPR)

EU Directive on eCommerce Official Journal L (178) 17-07-2000 1-16

EU Directive on Electronic Signatures (1999-93-EU)

Directive (GDPR) (EU) 2016680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities

EU Directive on Data Protection 9546EC

Regulation (EU) 20181725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies

Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016679 (27 April 2016) of the Protection of Natural Persons wrt Processing of Personal Data and on the free movement of such data (repeals GDPR 9546EC)

ITU Convention:
Instruments Amending Constitution and Convention

1994 - Instruments Amending the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto 1994)

1998 - Instruments Amending the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis 1998)

2002 - Instruments Amending the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh 2002)

2006 - Instruments Amending the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya 2006)

2010 - Instruments Amending the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Guadalajara 2010)

2019 - Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (as amended to ed 2019) [Collection of the Basic Texts of the ITU adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference]

ITU Convention:
Regulations
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2022 (July) - List of Agreements for SA-ITU

1988 - International Telecommunication Regulaions in terms of Final Acts of the World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne 1988) [WATTC-88] (Geneva 1989)

2012 - Final Acts of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (Dubai 2012)

2012 - ITU Regulations (Dubai 2012) in terms of Final Acts of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (Dubai 2012 and Geneva 2013)

2020 - Digital Regulation Handbook (ITU and World Bank 2020)

The Hague Conventions

South Africa Status at The Hague

EU Directive on eCommerce Official Journal L (178) 17-07-2000 1-16

The Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements (HCCH 2005 Choice of Court Convention)

The Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention) 2019

The Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on International Access to Justice (HCCH 1980 Access to Justice Convention)

The Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 1971

UDPR (ICANN)

UDPR (24 Oct 1999)

UDPR Rules (28 Sep 2013)

WIPO Copyright Treaty

WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) adopted in Geneva on December 20, 1996

WTO-TRIPS

Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (as amended on September 28, 1979)

TRIPS Agreement (Annex 1C to Marrakesh Agreement of 15 April 1994 to establish the WTO) as amended on 6 December 2005 (with effect from 23 Jan 2017)

United Nations

Conventions

International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination 1966

UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto (2004)

Covenants

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1967)

Declarations

UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Model Laws

Model Law on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (2007) (amended by provisions on electronic evidence and use of special investigative techniques (2022)

Model Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (ARes45117 [1990] amended by ARes53112 [1998])

UNODC Model Law on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (2007)

UNODC Model Law on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (2007) (amended by provisions on electronic evidence and use of special investigative techniques (2022)

Treaties

45.117 and 53.112 UN Model Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (ARes45117 [1990] amended by A.Res.53.112 [1998])

Model Treaty on Extradition and on the Model Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (2002 - Revised Manuals)

United Nations - Resolutions

Ad Hoc Committee

74.567 Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes (A.Res.74.567 of August 2020)

75.555 Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes (A.Res.75.555 on 13 January 2021)

Comm on CPCJ

22.7 UN Resolution on strengthening international cooperation to combat cybercrime (Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Res 227)

22.8 UN Resolution on Promoting Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building to Strengthen National Measures and International Cooperation against Cybercrime (Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Res 22.8)

ECOSOC Resolutions

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution on International Cooperation in the Prevention, Investigation, Prosecution and Punishment of Economic Fraud and Identity-Related Crime (ECOSOC.Res2007.20 on 27 April 2007)

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution on International Cooperation in the Prevention, Investigation, Prosecution and Punishment of Economic Fraud and Identity-Related Crime (ECOSOC.Res.2009.22 on 30 July 2009)

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution on International Cooperation in the Prevention, Investigation, Prosecution and Punishment of Economic Fraud and Identity-Related Crime (ECOSOC.Res.2011.35 on 28 July 2011)

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution on International Cooperation in the Prevention, Investigation, Prosecution and Punishment of Economic Fraud and Identity-Related Crime (ECOSOC.Res.2013.39 on 25 July 2013)

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution on International Cooperation in the Prevention, Investigation, Prosecution and Punishment of Fraud, the Criminal Misuse and Falsification of Identity and Related Crimes (ECOSOC.Res.2004.26 of 21 July 2004)

UNGA

65.230 Twelfth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (A.Res.65.230) on 21 Dec 2010

74.247 UN General Assembly Resolution on Countering the Use of Information and Communications technologies for Criminal Purposes (A.Res.74.247) on 20 January 2020

74.821 UN General Assembly (A.74.821 of the 29 May 2020) Road map for digital cooperation - implementation of the recommendations of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation Report of the Secretary-General

75.176 UN General Assembly Resolution on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age (A.Res.75.176 of 28 December 2020)

75.282 UN General Assembly Res 75.282 on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes on 26 May 2021

United Nations - Agencies

ECOSOC:
Fraud and ID theft study

V0780501

V0780514

V0780545

V0782033

ECOSOC:
Meeting Reports

E_CN15_2013_25_E

ECN152009_CRP10

ECN152009_CRP11

ECN152009_CRP12

Report_fourth_meeting_of_core_group_on_ID_crime

Report_fifth_meeting_of_core_group_on_ID_crime

UNODC

Handbook on Identity-related Crime (UNODC 2011)

UNODC Comprehensive Study on Cybercrime Draft (2013)

UNCITRAL

Promoting confidence in electronic commerce - legal issues on international use of electronic authentication and signature methods (Vienna 2009)

UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce with Guide to Enactment 1996with additional article 5 bis as adopted in 1998

UNCITRAL Legal Guide on Electronic Funds Transfers

UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions

UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures with Guide to Enactment 2001

UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records 2017

UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions 2007

UNCITRAL Notes on the Main Issues of Cloud Computing Contracts (2019)

United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts 2007

UNITED NATIONS UNCITRAL Technical Notes on Online Dispute Resolution 2017

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