The United States welcomes the Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime's adoption of the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime. The agreement expands the global fight against cybercrime, which is one of the most pervasive challenges of our time, affecting communities around the world.
This convention provides additional tools for countries to work together, including through law enforcement cooperation, to address cybercrime, including protecting children.
The United States will continue to strongly condemn and work to combat the persistent human rights abuses that we see around the globe by governments who misuse and abuse cybercrime laws and other cyber-related statutes and tools to target human rights defenders, journalists, dissidents, and others.
