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Articles by Karine Bannelier
Is Anyone Happy With the UN Cybercrime Convention?
They say that a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy. That may very well be the case for the new UN cybercrime convention, which the General Assembly is likely to pass next month. The convention is the output of two years of rocky negotiations—a period marked by fundamental disagreements among the negotiating parties and uncertainty over whether the ad hoc committee handling the treaty would ever present a consensus draft.
So Close, So Far: UN Committee Tasked With Cybercrime Convention Hits Snooze
It was late on Feb. 9 by the time the members of the United Nations committee tasked with elaborating an international cybercrime convention finished reviewing the latest draft text of the convention. Despite two years of intensive negotiation, and substantial progress on many aspects, this review showed that so many points of divergence remain among the participating governments that it was impossible to adopt a convention at this stage. Indeed, even the title of the convention remains undefined.
The U.N. Cybercrime Convention Should Not Become a Tool for Political Control or the Watering Down of Human Rights
Negotiations for a U.N. cybercrime convention have entered a critical stage. From Jan. 9 to Jan. 20, hundreds of delegates from over 150 states met in Vienna for more than 100 hours of exhausting negotiations during the fourth round of discussions of the U.N. Ad Hoc Committee mandated by the U.N. General Assembly. The negotiations were marked by attempts by authoritarian states to transform this potentially important instrument into a tool for political control.
The U.N. Cybercrime Convention Should Not Become a Tool for Political Control or the Watering Down of Human Rights
Negotiations for a U.N. cybercrime convention have entered a critical stage. From Jan. 9 to Jan. 20, hundreds of delegates from over 150 states met in Vienna for more than 100 hours of exhausting negotiations during the fourth round of discussions of the U.N. Ad Hoc Committee mandated by the U.N. General Assembly. The negotiations were marked by attempts by authoritarian states to transform this potentially important instrument into a tool for political control.
What is ‘Data’? Definitions in International Legal Instruments on Data Protection, Cross-Border Access to Data & Electronic Evidence
by Karine Bannelier & Anaïs Trotry* The Cross-Border Data Forum is an official observer to the UN Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Convention on Cybercrime. The following document was submitted to the Committee in connection with the fourth session, beginning in Vienna on January 9, 2023. The document provides information about an important area of discussion for the UN process – what are the definitions of “data”, as evidenced in international legal instruments to date?
Mapping the Use of Facial Recognition in Public Spaces in Europe - Part 1
Groupe Cyber, Data, Nano-bio, AI le 16 mai 2022 How to regulate the use of facial recognition in public spaces in Europe? This crucial debate has often been characterised by a lack of clarity and precision. Here is the first of 6 Reports from our big “MAPFRE” research project, a detailed independent study analysing the different ways in which FRT is being used and the related legal issues.
Mapping the Use of Facial Recognition in Public Spaces in Europe - Part 2
The French DPA, CNIL, stressed that “the current debate on facial recognition is sometimes distorted by a poor grasp of this technology and how it works”. This 2nd of 6 Reports of our MAPFRE series provides a path to understanding with a classification table presenting in the most accessible way the different facial processing functionalities and applications used in public spaces.
MAPPING THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION IN PUBLIC SPACES IN EUROPE
By Theodore Christakis (project leader), Karine Bannelier, Claude Castelluccia, Daniel Le Métayer. This is the first ever detailed analysis of what is the most widespread way in which Facial Recognition is used in public (& private) spaces: to authorise access to a place or to a service.
Mapping the Use of Facial Recognition in Public Spaces in Europe - Part 2
By Theodore Christakis (project leader), Karine Bannelier, Claude Castelluccia, Daniel Le Métayer. The French DPA, CNIL, stressed that “the current debate on facial recognition is sometimes distorted by a poor grasp of this technology and how it works”. This 2nd of 6 Reports of our MAPFRE series provides a path to understanding with a classification table presenting in the most accessible way the different facial processing functionalities and applications used in public spaces.
Mapping the Use of Facial Recognition in Europe: Part 1
By Theodore Christakis (project leader), Karine Bannelier, Claude Castelluccia, Daniel Le Métayer. How to regulate the use of facial recognition in public spaces in Europe? This crucial debate has often been characterised by a lack of clarity and precision. Here is the first of 6 Reports from our big “MAPFRE” research project, a detailed independent study analysing the different ways in which FRT is being used and the related legal issues.
Reinventing Multilateral Cybersecurity Negotiation after the Failure of the UN GGE and Wannacry: The OECD Solution
While the failure of cyber security negotiations under the auspices of the UN GGE has created a huge void in international regulation, recent cyber-attacks with global reach have shown that action is more urgent than ever. Reflection on standards, good practices and norms should include private sector actors who are often the first victims of cyber-attacks.
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