Budapest Convention and related standards
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The Convention on Cybercrime of the Council of Europe (CETS No.185), known as the Budapest Convention, is the only binding international instrument on this issue. It serves as a guideline for any country developing comprehensive national legislation against Cybercrime and as a framework for international cooperation between State Parties to this treaty.
The Budapest Convention is supplemented by a Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism committed through computer systems.
There are currently 66 Parties to the Budapest Convention and a further 12 have signed it or been invited to accede.
Factsheets: Budapest Convention | First Additional Protocol | Second Additional Protocol (.pdf)
Translation
The Con
The Convention: Arabic -- Bosnian -- Bulgarian -- Cambodian -- Chinese -- Czech -- Dutch -- Georgian -- German -- Finnish -- Hungarian -- Italian -- Indonesian -- Lao -- Mongolian -- Portuguese -- Romanian -- Russian -- Slovak -- Spanish -- Macedonian -- Turkish -- Vietnamese
Explanatory Reports: Arabic -- Portuguese -- Spanish
The Protocol: Arabic -- Chinese -- Czech -- German -- Russian
Explanatory Reports: Arabic
T-CY Secretariat
Alexander SEGER
Executive Secretary
Jan KRALIK
Programme Manager
Océane TIMONER
Programme Assistant