United Nations Convention against Cybercrime

Summary

The first global cybercrime treaty negotiated within the UN, adopted by the General Assembly in December 2024. It provides for the criminalisation of offences such as illegal access and online child sexual abuse, procedural powers for electronic evidence and international cooperation. The text has drawn debate over human-rights safeguards.

Original title

Title in other languages

Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite contro la criminalità informatica
Convention des Nations Unies contre la cybercriminalité
Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Ciberdelincuencia

Jurisdiction

United Nations

Issuing body

United Nations General Assembly

Official number

A/RES/79/243

Type

International / multilateral document

Date adopted

24 December 2024

Status

Adopted, not yet in force

Available languages

English, French (official translation), Spanish (official translation), Arabic (official translation), Chinese (official translation), Russian (official translation)

Topics

Licence / terms of use

Issuer's terms of use

Notes

Aperta alla firma ad Hanoi nell'ottobre 2025; entra in vigore 90 giorni dopo il deposito del quarantesimo strumento di ratifica.

Collected from

manuale

Last verified

26 October 2026 (verified by Claude (seed iniziale, da revisionare in redazione))

How to cite

APA

United Nations General Assembly. (2024). United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (A/RES/79/243). https://docs.un.org/en/A/RES/79/243

Chicago

United Nations General Assembly. "United Nations Convention against Cybercrime." 24 December 2024. https://docs.un.org/en/A/RES/79/243.

BibTeX

@misc{un_convention_against_cybercrime_2024,
  author       = {{United Nations General Assembly}},
  title        = {{United Nations Convention against Cybercrime}},
  year         = {2024},
  note         = {A/RES/79/243},
  url          = {https://docs.un.org/en/A/RES/79/243},
  urldate      = {2026-10-26}
}

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