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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
visi
t w
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e.i
nt/
inte
rne
tgo
ve
rna
nce
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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
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illio
n ci
tizen
s fr
om 4
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untr
ies,
mak
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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
rter
s ar
e in
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rasb
ourg
, Fra
nce.
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mb
er
sta
tes
of
the
Co
un
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of
Eu
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enia
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form
er Y
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lav
Repu
blic
of M
aced
onia
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rkey
, Ukr
aine
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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.