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computer-crime provisions, step up investigations and ensure effective international cooperation among authorities. The idea of a treaty was recently supported by the European Ministers of Justice at their 23rd Conference, held in London on 9 June 2000 (Resolution N° 3) and its expected that further support will be given to the text by the G8 as well. The European Union already backed the text in 1999 by means of a joint position. Given the importance of the subject, non-member States, such as Canada, Japan, South-Africa and the United States, also actively participate in the negotiations. It is hoped that other countries will join the treaty and no computer-crime havens will eventually emerge to defeat its purpose. Peter Csonka, Council of Europe
FOOTNOTES 1Lawyer at the Directorate General I (Legal Affairs) of the Council of Europe, F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex.Any views expressed hereafter are personal. 2The text of the draft Convention can be found on the following website: . 3See Recommendation N° R (89) 9 on computer-related crime, adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 13 September 1989.The text can be found at the following web-site: . 4See Recommendation N° R (95)13 on problems of criminal procedural law connected with information technology, adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 September 1995.The text can be found at the following web-site: .
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