CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The UN General Assembly voted in December 2019 to begin negotiating a treaty – a treaty that focuses on cybercrime, but also has the potential to develop numerous policies on a global scale with important significance for human rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 2019, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution that initiated a multi-year process of negotiating what could become a global cybercrime treaty more widely adopted and influential than the Budapest Convention.

Detailed explanation-3: -Convention on Cybercrime (2001) Also known as the Budapest Convention, this is the first international agreement aimed at reducing computer-related crime by harmonizing national laws, improving investigative techniques, and increasing international cooperation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United Nations has in the General Assembly, Resolution 65/230, initiated a study of the problem of cybercrime, in order to convene an open-ended intergovernmental expert group to conduct a comprehensive study on the problem of cybercrime as well as thye response to it.

Detailed explanation-5: -A Geneva Convention or Declaration for Cyberspace may protect peace, security, and justice in cyberspace, prevent conflicts and maintain focus on cooperation among all nations. A global framework may also develop common legal norms and standards.