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States should not conduct or knowingly support cyber activity that would harm medical services or medical
facilities, and should take measures to protect medical services from harm.6
the need to comply with existing obligations under international human rights law when considering, developing
and applying national cybersecurity policies and legislation.7
the need to incorporate perspectives from all relevant and affected stakeholders at the earliest stage of cyber
security policy development to ensuring a holistic consideration of the implications of cybersecurity measures for
human rights.8
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Guidance on norm 13.b (GGE 2015)9:
i) States could establish the national structures, policies, processes and coordination mechanisms necessary to
facilitate careful consideration of severe ICT incidents and to determine appropriate responses;
ii) then States could develop ICT incident assessment or severity templates to evaluate and assess ICT incidents;
iii) transparency about and harmonisation of such templates by regional organisations could ensure commonality
in how States consider ICT incidents and improve communication between States;
iv) when considering all relevant information in the case of an ICT incident, States should conduct research on
possible gendered impacts, and work inclusively with all stakeholders to understand the broader context of an
ICT incident, including its impact on the enjoyment of women’s rights.
following guidance is proposed for the implementation of norm 13.c10:
i) if a State identifies malicious cyber activity emanating from another State’s region or cyberinfrastructure, a
first step could be notifying that State. Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) are crucial to being
able to identify such activity;
ii) given that ICT incidents can emanate from or involve third States, it is understood that notifying a State does not
imply responsibility of that State for the incident;
iii) the notified State should acknowledge receipt of the request via the relevant national point of contact;
iv) when a State has knowledge that its territory or cyberinfrastructure is being used for an internationally
wrongful act that is likely to produce serious adverse consequences in another State, the former State should
endeavour to take reasonable, available and practicable measures within its territory and capabilities,
consistent with its domestic and international law obligations, to cause the internationally wrongful act to
cease, or to mitigate its consequences;
v) this norm should not be interpreted as requiring a state to monitor proactively all ICTs within its territory, or to
take other preventive steps;
vi) a State that becomes aware of harmful ICT activities emanating from its territory but lacks the capacity to
respond may choose to seek assistance from other States, including through standard assistance request
templates;
vii)in such cases, assistance may be sought from other States, or from a private entity, in a manner consistent with
national law. Commitment by states to cooperate with other nations and assist them in the event of a crisis is
instrumental, particular emphasis should be made on the differentiated impact that an ICT incident on a specific
Infrastructure could have in a developing country.
https://www.icrc.org/en/document/norms-responsible-state-behavior-cyber-operations-should-buildinternational-law
https://freedomonlinecoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FOC-Statement-on-Human-Rights-and-Cyber- Security07.02.pdf.
8 https://freedomonlinecoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FOC-Statement-on-Human-Rights-and-Cyber- Security07.02.pdf.
9 in case of ICT incidents, States should consider all relevant information, including the broader context of the event, the
challenges of attribution in the ICT environment and the nature and extent of the consequences.
10 States should not knowingly allow their territory to be used for internationally wrongful act using ICTs.
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