Third intersessional consultation of the Ad Hoc Committee

Vienna, 3 and 4 November 2022

In paragraph 2 of resolution 74/247, the General Assembly decided to establish the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes. Furthermore, in paragraph 10 of resolution 75/282, the General Assembly further decided to encourage the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to host intersessional consultations to solicit inputs from a diverse range of stakeholders on the elaboration of the draft convention.

In accordance with resolution 75/282 and the “Road map and mode of work for the Ad Hoc Committee”, annexed to the report of the first session of the Ad Hoc Committee, and paragraph 4 of the “Modalities of the participation of multi-stakeholders in the Ad Hoc Committee”, annexed to the report of the Ad Hoc Committee’s session on organizational matters, the third intersessional consultation was held on 3 and 4 November 2022 in Vienna, Austria.

You can find more information about the participation of multi-stakeholders in the sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee here.

General information

Meeting times

The meetings of the third intersessional consultation was held in English only from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 6 p.m., Vienna local time.

Format

The meetings of the third intersessional consultation was held in a hybrid format by which the delegations could participate in the meeting in person, through MS Teams, or by both means.

Webcast

A live webcast of the meeting was available on this page.

Access to the meeting

The third intersessional consultation was held in Boardroom D, C-Building, 4th floor of the Vienna International Centre (VIC). The link for participants joining remotely was shared with registered participants shortly before the event.

Registration

The registration of delegates for the meeting was on the self-registration platform Indico. The registration process was open until Friday, 28 October 2022 6 p.m., New York time.

COVID-19 General safety measures at the VIC

The maximum seating capacity in the room must not be exceeded.
FFP2 masks are generally recommended at the VIC (including in meeting rooms) and mandatory at the VIC Medical Centre and pharmacy.
QR codes will be placed at the desks. Delegates are kindly requested to scan the QR code for every meeting to enable the requested record and facilitate contact tracing. This information will be processed in accordance with the UN Personal Data Privacy Policy, kept for 28 days and destroyed thereafter.
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Meeting Documentation

Agenda of the Third Intersessional Consultation
Timetable
List of participants
A/AC.291/CRP.14 - Chair’s Report of the Third Intersessional Consultation of the Ad Hoc Committee

Panels of the Third Intersessional Consultation

Panel 1. A balancing act: human rights considerations in the drafting of the chapters on general provisions, criminalization and procedural measures and law enforcement of the draft convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes

Cyber Saathi Foundation

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Global Vision India Foundation

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights

Panel 3. The power of words: A discussion on terminology and other aspects of the chapter on general provisions

International Chamber of Commerce - United Kingdom

International Telecommunication Union

Inter-Parliamentary Union

Panel 2. Renewed opportunities: the draft convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes to further strengthen the protection of children

ECPAT International

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence Against Children

Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

Strathmore University

UNICEF

Panel 4. A concerted effort: the role of the private sector in the fight against the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes in the context of the drafting of the chapters on criminalization and procedural measures and law enforcement

Google Inc., on behalf of International Chamber of Commerce - United Kingdom

Institute for Security and Technology

Microsoft Corporation

INTERPOL

Privanova SAS

Statements and submissions

Andisheh Varzaneh Fanavari Tanzimi

ECPAT

Stein Schjolberg

Call for panellists

Now closed.

Representatives of relevant multi-stakeholders are invited to serve as panellists in one of the panels of the third intersessional consultation. A call for panellists for the third intersessional consultation was sent via email to all relevant multi-stakeholders on 28 September 2022 with an application period until close of business of Thursday, 6 October 2022. Requests will be taken into account based on geographical and gender balance and further information will be provided to the selected panellists in due course. Relevant multi-stakeholder of the Ad Hoc Committee that have not received the call for panellists may contact the secretariat at cybercrimeAHC@un.org.

For more information on the mandates relating to the intersessional consultations and modalities of the participation of multi-stakeholders in the Committee, reference is made to paragraph 10 of resolution 75/282, the “Road map and mode of work for the Ad Hoc Committee”, approved by the Ad Hoc Committee at its first session (available here), and paragraph 4 of the “Modalities of the participation of multi-stakeholders in the Ad Hoc Committee” (available here) on the organization of intersessional consultations.

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