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The

Coun

cil o

f Eur

ope

and

the

Inte

rnet

sa

fegu

ardi

ng o

ur ri

ghts

and

free

dom

s

The

Inte

rnet

is a

lso

bein

g us

ed to

har

m a

nd

expl

oit p

eopl

e, in

par

ticul

ar c

hild

ren

and

othe

r vu

lner

able

peo

ple.

A n

ew

Co

nv

en

tio

n o

n

the

Pro

tec

tio

n o

f C

hil

dre

n a

ga

inst

Se

xu

al

Ex

plo

ita

tio

n a

nd

Se

xu

al

Ab

use

has

bee

n ad

opte

d by

the

Coun

cil o

f Eur

ope,

and

has

be

en s

igne

d by

man

y m

embe

r sta

tes.

This

Co

nven

tion

aim

s to

pre

vent

and

com

bat s

exua

l ex

ploi

tatio

n an

d se

xual

abu

se o

f chi

ldre

n an

d to

pro

vide

ass

ista

nce

to th

em w

hen

they

hav

e be

en s

exua

lly h

arm

ed b

y ad

ults

they

hav

e m

et

in c

yber

spac

e.

Giv

en th

at th

ese

prob

lem

s ha

ve a

glo

bal

dim

ensi

on, t

he s

olut

ions

off e

red

by th

e Co

unci

l of

Eur

ope

are

incr

easi

ngly

glo

bal i

n th

eir

voca

tion.

Thi

s is

why

Cou

ncil

of E

urop

e tr

eatie

s re

info

rcin

g th

e pr

otec

tion

of ri

ghts

and

use

rs in

th

e In

tern

et a

re o

pen

to a

cces

sion

by

all s

tate

s.

Fo

r m

ore

de

tail

s on

wha

t the

Cou

ncil

of

Euro

pe is

doi

ng fo

r Int

erne

t gov

erna

nce

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t w

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e.i

nt/

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rne

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nce

Th

e C

ou

nc

il o

f E

uro

pe

is a

n in

tern

atio

nal p

oliti

cal

orga

nisa

tion,

whi

ch b

rings

toge

ther

ove

r 800

m

illio

n ci

tizen

s fr

om 4

7 co

untr

ies,

mak

ing

up a

n en

tire

dem

ocra

tic c

ontin

ent.

In it

s w

ork

base

d on

in

terg

over

nmen

tal c

oope

ratio

n, th

e Co

unci

l of

Euro

pe s

eeks

to p

rom

ote

dem

ocra

cy, t

he ru

le o

f law

an

d hu

man

righ

ts. I

ts p

erm

anen

t hea

dqua

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e in

St

rasb

ourg

, Fra

nce.

47

me

mb

er

sta

tes

of

the

Co

un

cil

of

Eu

rop

e:

Alb

ania

, And

orra

, Arm

enia

, Aus

tria

, Aze

rbai

jan,

Be

lgiu

m, B

osni

a an

d H

erze

govi

na, B

ulga

ria, C

roat

ia,

Cypr

us, C

zech

Rep

ublic

, Den

mar

k, E

ston

ia, F

inla

nd,

Fran

ce, G

eorg

ia, G

erm

any,

Gre

ece,

Hun

gary

, Ic

elan

d,

Irela

nd, I

taly

, Lat

via,

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chte

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in, L

ithua

nia,

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xem

bour

g, M

alta

, Mol

dova

, Mon

aco,

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tene

gro,

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ethe

rland

s, N

orw

ay, P

olan

d, P

ortu

gal,

Rom

ania

, Ru

ssia

n Fe

dera

tion,

San

Mar

ino,

Ser

bia,

Slo

vaki

a,

Slov

enia

, Spa

in, S

wed

en, S

witz

erla

nd,

”The

form

er Y

ugos

lav

Repu

blic

of M

aced

onia

”, Tu

rkey

, Ukr

aine

, Uni

ted

King

dom

.

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The

Cou

nci

l of E

uro

pe

and

the

Inte

rnet

safe

guar

ding

our

righ

ts a

nd fr

eedo

ms

The

Inte

rnet

is o

ne o

f the

gre

ates

t lib

erat

ing

forc

es o

f any

age

, mak

ing

info

rmat

ion

and

glob

al c

omm

unic

atio

ns a

cces

sibl

e to

any

one

who

can

log

on to

the

wor

ld w

ide

web

. It i

s ov

erta

king

oth

er fo

rms

of c

omm

unic

atio

n an

d re

plac

ing

the

trad

ition

al w

ay o

f car

ryin

g ou

t tra

nsac

tions

. Unf

ortu

nate

ly it

can

als

o be

us

ed to

per

petr

ate

crim

es o

r kno

win

gly

pedd

le

mis

info

rmat

ion.

The

Coun

cil o

f Eur

ope

is w

orki

ng w

ith it

s 47

m

embe

r sta

tes

to m

ake

sure

the

Inte

rnet

pr

ovid

es a

saf

e an

d op

en e

nviro

nmen

t whe

re

free

dom

of e

xpre

ssio

n; d

emoc

racy

, div

ersi

ty,

educ

atio

n an

d kn

owle

dge

can

fl our

ish.

We

are

also

hel

ping

nat

iona

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l or

gani

satio

ns p

olic

e th

e w

eb, fi

ndi

ng w

ays

to

stop

peo

ple

traffi

cki

ng, t

erro

rist r

ecru

itmen

t an

d ot

her f

orm

s of

cyb

ercr

ime.

Mak

ing

the

Inte

rnet

mor

e ac

cess

ible

can

be

a ke

y w

ay fo

r peo

ple

with

disa

bilit

ies t

o co

nnec

t mor

e ea

sily

with

the

wor

ld –

from

vot

ing

in e

lect

ions

to

buy

ing

good

s and

fi lli

ng in

tax

retu

rns.

The

Coun

cil o

f Eur

ope’s

disa

bilit

y ac

tion

plan

for

2006

-15

incl

udes

a se

t of a

ctio

ns fo

r mem

ber

stat

es ra

ngin

g fro

m im

prov

ing

part

icip

atio

n in

pub

lic li

fe a

nd in

crea

sing

educ

atio

nal

oppo

rtun

ities

to in

volv

e us

ers w

ith d

isabi

litie

s in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f new

tech

nolo

gies

.

Stop

pin

g fr

aud,

crim

e, a

nd e

xplo

itatio

n

usin

g th

e w

eb

The

Inte

rnet

off e

rs a

hug

e po

tent

ial f

or le

arni

ng

and

com

mun

icat

ion

– bu

t als

o a

high

pot

entia

l fo

r crim

e. T

he C

ounc

il of

Eur

ope

is w

orki

ng in

so

me

very

spe

cifi c

are

as to

redu

ce c

yber

crim

e,

and

has

intr

oduc

ed a

n in

tern

atio

nal t

reat

y,

the

Cy

be

rcri

me

Co

nv

en

tio

n, w

hich

lays

out

a

fram

ewor

k fo

r gui

ding

sta

te p

olic

ies

in th

is

area

. It d

escr

ibes

the

min

imum

lega

l sta

ndar

ds

nece

ssar

y to

suc

cess

fully

tack

le a

nd p

rose

cute

fr

auds

ters

, and

obl

iges

sta

tes

to c

rimin

alis

e ra

cist

and

xen

opho

bic

acts

. Our

Co

nv

en

tio

n

on

th

e P

rev

en

tio

n o

f T

err

ori

sm a

lso

cove

rs

the

virt

ual w

orld

, ask

ing

stat

es to

est

ablis

h cr

imin

al o

ff enc

es fo

r rec

ruitm

ent a

nd tr

aini

ng

of te

rror

ists

for e

xam

ple.

Co

nsum

er p

rote

ctio

n ca

n be

a d

iffi c

ult a

rea

to re

gula

te, a

nd c

ross

-bor

der a

gree

men

ts a

re

esse

ntia

l for

pro

tect

ing

peop

le w

ho b

uy o

ver t

he

Inte

rnet

. One

are

a w

hich

has

par

ticul

ar d

ange

rs

is th

e In

tern

et tr

ade

in m

edic

ines

; the

Cou

ncil

of

Euro

pe h

as a

wor

k pr

ogra

mm

e ai

min

g to

stop

co

unte

rfei

t med

icin

es b

eing

sold

ove

r the

net

, an

d is

taki

ng a

ctio

n to

hel

p m

anag

e ot

her f

orm

s of

pha

rmac

eutic

al c

rime

on th

e w

eb.

Free

dom

of e

xpre

ssio

n

The

Inte

rnet

bel

ongs

to a

ll of

us,

and

shou

ld

serv

e th

e co

mm

on g

ood.

Art

icle

10

of th

e Eu

rope

an C

onve

ntio

n of

hum

an ri

ghts

say

s th

at

ever

yone

sho

uld

have

the

right

to fr

eedo

m o

f ex

pres

sion

and

info

rmat

ion.

Thi

s m

eans

that

st

ate

auth

oriti

es s

houl

d en

sure

that

ther

e is

fr

eedo

m to

com

mun

icat

e on

the

Inte

rnet

and

th

at th

ere

is n

o ce

nsor

ship

of a

ny k

ind

albe

it su

bjec

t to

cert

ain

limite

d ex

cept

ions

suc

h as

cr

imin

al a

ctiv

ity, h

ate

spee

ch a

nd il

lega

l and

/or

harm

ful c

onte

nt th

at a

dver

sely

aff e

cts

peop

les’

sens

ibili

ties

espe

cial

ly th

ose

who

are

vul

nera

ble

such

as

child

ren.

Acc

essi

ng

and

usin

g th

e In

tern

et

Impr

ovin

g ac

cess

to th

e In

tern

et is

the

only

way

mor

e pe

ople

will

ben

efi t

from

the

oppo

rtun

ities

pro

vide

d by

the

web

. So

ther

e ne

eds

to b

e bo

th a

ff ord

able

and

saf

e ac

cess

to

the

Inte

rnet

. Peo

ple

shou

ld b

e ab

le to

tr

ust t

he c

onte

nt o

f site

s –

the

auth

entic

ity o

f in

form

atio

n on

the

Inte

rnet

is a

n im

port

ant

fact

or in

hel

ping

them

mak

e in

form

ed

deci

sion

s –

in o

rder

to re

ly o

n in

form

atio

n an

d tr

ansa

ct u

sing

the

Inte

rnet

. The

idea

of

the

Inte

rnet

as

a ‘sp

ace

of tr

ust’

is a

key

aim

of

the

Coun

cil o

f Eur

ope

– th

is is

link

ed c

lose

ly

with

the

need

to p

rote

ct p

erso

nal i

nfor

mat

ion,

an

are

a w

here

nat

iona

l gov

ernm

ents

and

st

akeh

olde

rs c

an w

ork

toge

ther

. Th

e In

tern

et is

oft

en a

life

line

for p

eopl

e w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s.

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