The agreement on the legally binding treaty marked the culmination of a five-year effort by UN Member States, with inputs from civil society, information security […]
Tag: Justice
Making the digital and physical world safer: Why the Convention against Cybercrime matters
The 193 UN Member States adopted, by consensus, the historic Convention against Cybercrime – the first of its kind following five years of negotiations. […]
‘New Quest Unlocked’: UN experts counter extremism in gaming spaces
In an industry that has outgrown Hollywood in sheer monetary value – reaching $196 billion in 2023 – these digital platforms are becoming recruitment grounds […]
Syria: UN investigators call for protecting evidence amid worsening humanitarian crisis
In parallel, the International, Impartial, and Independent Mechanism for Syria (IIIM) concluded a historic visit to Damascus, emphasizing the urgency of preserving evidence related to […]
Over 207 executed in Port-au-Prince massacre: UN report
The report by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) covers the period between […]
Japan’s Antitrust Watchdog to Find Google Violated Law in Search Case: Report
Japan’s competition watchdog is expected to find Google guilty of violating the country’s antitrust law, Nikkei Asia reported on Sunday, citing sources. The Japan Fair […]
Germany To Probe Possible Security Lapses Before Christmas Market Attack
Berlin: The German government pledged Sunday to fully investigate whether there were security lapses before the Christmas market car-ramming attack that killed five people and […]
Google Blasts Chrome Sale as ‘Extreme’ Remedy at Odds With Law
Alphabet Inc.’s Google called a US Justice Department plan to force it to sell its web browser “extreme” and at odds with the law, urging […]
Syria: Rights investigators call for protection of evidence, including mass grave sites
A team from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Syria visited former prisons and detention centres, including the notorious Sednaya and the Military […]
Syria transition may fail if support lifeline is delayed, says IOM chief
“We are not promoting large-scale returns; the communities frankly are just not ready to absorb the people who are displaced and would come home…it will […]

