New York—On Wednesday, August 23, at 1:30 pm Eastern Time (10:30 am Pacific Time) experts from Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Human Rights Watch, and four international allies will brief reporters about critical flaws in the draft UN Cybercrime Treaty that threaten human rights.
The treaty, under negotiation by UN Member States for more than a year, is intended to foster international cooperation against cybercrime. It will facilitate the rewriting of criminal laws around the world, potentially expanding the criminalization of online speech and cross border surveillance by law enforcement.
Without strong human rights safeguards, the draft treaty could severely undermine the privacy, freedom of expression, and other fundamental rights of millions of people, in particular journalists, activists, and persons and groups facing discrimination and marginalization.
Speakers at the briefing include experts on human and digital rights who are participating in treaty negotiations as observers. They will highlight key concerns emerging in the first week of the treaty’s sixth negotiating session, where the draft text will be reviewed. The session is scheduled at the UN in New York from August 21 through September 1.
The briefing will be livestreamed from New York. Reporters are invited to attend in person or p
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