Additional Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism

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The Additional Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism is an international legal instrument to the Convention on Cybercrime that requires states to criminalize racist and xenophobic acts carried out via computer systems.

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instanceOf Council of Europe treaty ⓘ
international legal instrument ⓘ
international legal instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy Council of Europe ⓘ
aimsTo harmonise criminal law provisions on racist and xenophobic acts committed via computer systems ⓘ
improve international cooperation in combating online racism and xenophobia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on Xenophobia and Racism ⓘ
containsProvisionsOn international cooperation in criminal matters ⓘ
jurisdiction over offences committed via computer systems ⓘ
procedural law measures for investigation of racist and xenophobic offences online ⓘ
depositary Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
focusesOn criminal law responses to online hate ⓘ
use of computer systems for dissemination of racist and xenophobic material ⓘ
fullName Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems ⓘ
geographicalScope primarily Council of Europe member states, open to others under conditions ⓘ
languageVersions English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis public international law ⓘ
legalNature binding international treaty for ratifying states ⓘ
legalStatus in force for states that have ratified it ⓘ
linkedToTreaty Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) ⓘ
negotiatedWithin Council of Europe Committee of Experts on the Criminalisation of Acts of a Racist or Xenophobic Nature committed through Computer Networks ⓘ
openForSignatureDate 2003-01-28 ⓘ
openForSignaturePlace Strasbourg, France ⓘ
linked to: Strasbourg
partOf Convention on Cybercrime framework ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
requiresBalancingWith freedom of expression and other human rights as protected under applicable international instruments ⓘ
requiresCriminalisationOf denial, gross minimisation, approval or justification of genocide or crimes against humanity through computer systems, subject to conditions ⓘ
dissemination of racist and xenophobic material through computer systems ⓘ
racist acts committed through computer systems ⓘ
racist and xenophobic motivated insults through computer systems ⓘ
racist and xenophobic motivated threats through computer systems ⓘ
xenophobic acts committed through computer systems ⓘ
requiresStatesTo adopt legislative and other measures necessary to establish offences under domestic law ⓘ
shortName Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime ⓘ
subjectMatter cybercrime ⓘ
racism ⓘ
xenophobia ⓘ
treatySeries Council of Europe Treaty Series No. 189 ⓘ
typeOfOffencesCovered content-related cybercrime ⓘ

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