Support for the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
There was general support for the principles for fighting online crime that are set out in the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.
Some delegates raised problems with the Convention. But there was little support for negotiating a new instrument. The Convention’s usefulness as a framework on which nations could build to achieve better international co-operation was recognised by many speakers. Many delegates encouraged countries to look at whether they could sign up to the Budapest Convention, seeing the Convention as the best form of international agreement in this area. Some delegates expressed their support for the Commonwealth work on a cyber crime Model Law as a useful stepping stone.