A/RES/56/261
A.
National actions
35. Individually and collectively, States will endeavour, as appropriate, to support
the following actions:
(a) Criminalization of the misuse of information technologies, as appropriate
and in accordance with national law, including, if necessary, reviewing crimes such
as fraud, in order to ensure that they apply to offences in which computer and
telecommunication media and networks are used;
(b) The development and implementation of rules and procedures, including
on the exercise of jurisdiction, that would ensure that computer- and telecommunication-related crimes can be effectively detected and investigated at the national
level and that effective cooperation can be obtained in multinational cases, taking
into account national sovereignty, the need for effective law enforcement and the
need to maintain effective protections for privacy and other related basic rights;
(c) Ensuring that law enforcement personnel are trained and equipped to be
able to respond effectively and expeditiously to requests for assistance in the tracing
of communications and other measures necessary for the detection and investigation
of transnational high-technology and computer-related crimes;
(d) Engaging in domestic and international discussions on actions against
high-technology and computer-related crime and the effects of technological change
with industries involved in the development and deployment of computers,
telecommunication equipment, network software and hardware and other relevant
products and services. These discussions could include key areas such as:
(i) Issues relating to domestic and international regulation of the technologies
and networks;
(ii) Issues relating to the incorporation of elements into new technologies,
which are intended to prevent crime or facilitate the detection, investigation or
prosecution of crime;
(e) Making voluntary contributions, both bilaterally and through international
and regional organizations, as appropriate, including in cooperation with the private
sector, inter alia, in the form of technical expertise to assist other States in
developing and implementing effective measures against high-technology and
computer-related crime, including the measures referred to in subparagraphs (c) and
(d) above.
B.
International actions
36. The Centre for International Crime Prevention will, in cooperation with other
relevant international and regional organizations, as appropriate, and in accordance
with the present resolution:
(a) Support national and international research activities to identify new
forms of computer-related criminality and to assess the effects of such criminality in
key areas such as sustainable development, the protection of privacy and electronic
commerce, and the measures taken in response;
(b) Disseminate internationally agreed materials such as guidelines, legal and
technical manuals, minimum standards, proven practices and model legislation to
assist legislators and law enforcement and other authorities in the development,
adoption and application of effective measures against high-technology and
computer-related crime and offenders both in general and in specific cases;
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