[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] IMC statement

[Milton Mueller]

This is a really excellent statement, Karen, thanks for it.
Thanks in particular for calling attention to the work of Gus Hosein
on non-national law making and its implications for internet 
governance. CS groups need to be more aware of developments
in this type of extraterritorial law enforcement. 

>>> karen banks <karenb at gn.apc.org> 10/12/2004 2:12:05 PM >>>

These include:

- the trends in and dangers of international law enforcement
cooperation - 
or 'trans-border' cooperation
- ISP responsibility in these situations
- accountability and due process

As gus hosein from privacy international noted:

"this is a growing trend to use international co-operation regimes to 
obscure accountability and due process.  Now we are in a position where
we 
don't know who to complain to regarding these actions, and which laws
were 
used, under who's jurisdiction - and such action will likely increase
with 
international treaties such as the Council of Europe Convention on 
Cybercrime, and other such initiatives."

For those of us following the WSIS internet governance process, we have

seen the Council of Europe Cybercrime treaty promoted as a possible
global 
governance model for dealing with trans-border 'cyber-crime'.

The seizure of the IMC servers is indeed an 'interesting case' to
monitor, 
but more so, it's an excellent opportunity to spotlight and scrutinise
the 
cybercrime treaty and similar bilateral treaties with a view to taking

action to call for openness and clarity in international co-operation
and 
to ensure due process and civil liberties are protected.

karen

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