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Global cybercrime resolution
December 1 , 2019
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- A UN committee has passed a Russian-led resolution on a global cybercrime treaty.
- A final General Assembly vote to adopt the resolution will be held in December.
- The proposed treaty has been framed to serve as an alternative to the US-led Budapest Convention.
- The resolution was sponsored by China, North Korea, Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Syria.
- India also votes in favour of Russian led resolution.
- India maintained its status as a non-member of the Europe-led Budapest Convention.
About Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
- The Convention on Cybercrime, also known as the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime or the Budapest Convention (2001), is the first international treaty seeking to address Internet and computer crime.
- It came into effective on 2004.
- It was drawn up by the Council of Europe in France.
- It was brought with the active participation of the Council of Europe’s observer states Canada, Japan, South Africa and the United States.
- It is open for ratification even to states that are not members of the Council of Europe.
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