❖ The United Nations Cybercrime Convention which has been under negotiation for the past three years, was unanimously approved by UN members.

❖ It aims to "prevent and combat cybercrime more efficiently and effectively," notably regarding child sexual abuse imagery and money laundering. 

❖ For the first time, it proposes a global-level cybercrime and data access-enabling legal framework.

❖ It establishes “a global criminal justice policy,” to protect society against cybercrime.

❖ It calls states to put in place legislation that will make it illegal to breach an information and communications system people don’t have access to.

❖ The treaty would enter into force once 40 member nations will ratify it.