Category: International Security
Strength: Mild
Draft #3
The Nations of the World Assembly,
RECOGNIZING the growing importance of networked technology to the world economy;
REALIZING the increasing danger that hackers pose to digital infrastructure, and by extension the integrity of world communities;
BELIEVING that due to the omnipresent nature of the internet it is nearly impossible to regulate on a national level;
APPLAUDING all nations who have already taken steps to address said digital threats, while
ACKNOWLEDGING that many have yet to address the issue;
The World Assembly hereby:
DEFINES "unauthorized access" as knowingly accessing a computer system not intended for public use without permission from the owner or operator of said computer system, bypassing security systems using illegitimately obtained security credentials or circumventing security entirely in the process;
MANDATES that member nations declare unauthorized access to computer systems illegal, except in cases of criminal investigations where the owner/operator of the computer system in question is under reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, or during wartime as a state-sponsored act of war;
REQUIRES that the nations of both the criminal and the victim cooperate to determine a sentence; failing a unanimous decision, the nation in which the affected computer resides takes precedence, and the nation in which the criminal resides must allow the criminal to face their determined punishment, subject to national and international extradition policies;
URGES member nations to raise awareness to the dangers cyber-criminals pose to ordinary citizens, and to educate said citizens on what measures they can take to protect themselves online.
Draft #2
Draft #1