The Council of Europe (CoE) was founded in 1949 and has currently 47 Member States. It is one of the leading human rights organisations of the continent, with the principal aim to develop common and democratic principles, and to protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law – based on the European Convention on Human Rights and other reference texts.
Over the years, the CoE has produced more than 200 conventions and several bilateral agreements on diverse topics. The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime is the most significant CoE initiative within the domain of cyber security, as it was the first of its kind in attempting to harmonise cybercrime legislation. The Convention serves as a guideline for countries developing their own comprehensive national cybercrime legislation and proposes a framework for international cooperation between State Parties to this treaty. The Convention is supplemented by a Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism committed through computer systems. Currently, the Convention has been signed by 53 countries and ratified by 44,1 including several countries outside the European region. In addition, the CoE offers guidance in interpreting the Convention and various capacity-building programmes.
All information presented on the INCYDER website is based on publicly available material and is for informative purposes only. The collection of legal and policy instruments contained on the INCYDER website may not contain all the cyber security-related documents that have been adopted by the organisations under scrutiny. The choice of documents and any other information on the INCYDER website does not constitute an endorsement or an approval by NATO CCD COE or any of the Centre’s Sponsoring Nations.
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