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Comments on the pre-draft of the OEWG report - URUGUAY
As a faithful defender and contributor to the maintenance of international peace and
security, Uruguay considers cybersecurity as an essential element of the last decades in
the prevention of international conflicts. That is why it reaffirms the commitment to the
work of the Open-ended Group and the Group of Experts, which will undoubtedly have a
direct impact on this task.
Our country understands that this work should continue to be guided by the principles of
transparency, inclusiveness, trust, shared responsibility and the promotion of an
environment of information and communication technologies, open, secure, stable,
accessible and peaceful.
In this sense, the approach must be centralized with a perspective of Human Rights and
fundamental freedoms which must be respected and protected "online" and “offline”.
Application of International Law in the subject of Information and Communication
Technologies.
1.Uruguay supports the consensus reached in the Reports of the Expert Groups of 2010,
2013 and 2015, considering the respect and application of Public International Law,
International Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law as fundamental and necessary
in the use of ICT within the framework of the provisions of the Charter of the United
Nations Organization. Therefore, the sovereignty of each State in the decisions to be taken
and implemented in the future, as well as the guiding principles of the international law,
must be respected without exception.
2.Our country maintains a long tradition in the defense of Human Rights, and considers
that cyberspace cannot be the exception. The application of Human Rights norms in
Cyberspace and for the use of information and communication technologies, especially
the right to freedom of expression and online privacy, constitutes the pillars that the
States must not ignore, but rather must guarantee and promote.
3.The eleven voluntary and non-binding norms included in the Report of the Group of
Experts-GGE-of the year 2015, represent an inescapable guide for the responsible
behavior of States in cyberspace. In this regard, for Uruguay, the OEWG should base its
work on implementing the recommendations of the aforementioned Report.
4.The development of the Internet in Uruguay is located within the institutional and legal
framework that follows international guidelines for the respect of Human Rights. In