Additional Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism

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The Additional Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism is an international legal instrument to the Convention on Cybercrime that requires states to criminalize racist and xenophobic acts carried out via computer systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Council of Europe treaty
international legal instrument
international legal instrument
adoptedBy Council of Europe NERFINISHED
aimsTo harmonise criminal law provisions on racist and xenophobic acts committed via computer systems
improve international cooperation in combating online racism and xenophobia
alsoKnownAs Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on Xenophobia and Racism NERFINISHED
containsProvisionsOn international cooperation in criminal matters
jurisdiction over offences committed via computer systems
procedural law measures for investigation of racist and xenophobic offences online
depositary Secretary General of the Council of Europe NERFINISHED
focusesOn criminal law responses to online hate
use of computer systems for dissemination of racist and xenophobic material
fullName Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems NERFINISHED
geographicalScope primarily Council of Europe member states, open to others under conditions
languageVersions English
French
legalBasis public international law
legalNature binding international treaty for ratifying states
legalStatus in force for states that have ratified it
linkedToTreaty Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) NERFINISHED
negotiatedWithin Council of Europe Committee of Experts on the Criminalisation of Acts of a Racist or Xenophobic Nature committed through Computer Networks NERFINISHED
openForSignatureDate 2003-01-28
openForSignaturePlace Strasbourg, France NERFINISHED
partOf Convention on Cybercrime framework NERFINISHED
region Europe
requiresBalancingWith freedom of expression and other human rights as protected under applicable international instruments
requiresCriminalisationOf denial, gross minimisation, approval or justification of genocide or crimes against humanity through computer systems, subject to conditions
dissemination of racist and xenophobic material through computer systems
racist acts committed through computer systems
racist and xenophobic motivated insults through computer systems
racist and xenophobic motivated threats through computer systems
xenophobic acts committed through computer systems
requiresStatesTo adopt legislative and other measures necessary to establish offences under domestic law
shortName Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime NERFINISHED
subjectMatter cybercrime
racism
xenophobia
treatySeries Council of Europe Treaty Series No. 189 NERFINISHED
typeOfOffencesCovered content-related cybercrime

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