promoting cross-border delivery of services and free flow of labour in a multi-lateral
trading system;
allowing free association and interaction between individuals across borders;
supporting and enhancing digital literacy;
providing everyone with information that promotes and protects their rights and is
relevant to their interests, for example to support transparent and accountable
government;
enabling and promoting multi-stakeholder partnerships;
facilitating pan-Commonwealth consultations and international linkages in a globally
connected space that also serves local interests.
Principle 3: We act individually and collectively to tackle cybercrime5
nations, organisations and society work together to foster respect for the law;
to develop relevant and proportionate laws to tackle Cybercrime effectively;
to protect our critical national and shared infrastructures;
meeting internationally-recognised standards and good practice to deliver security;
with effective government structures working collaboratively within and between
states;
with governments, relevant international organisations and the private sector working
closely to prevent and respond to incidents.
Principle 4: We each exercise our rights and meet our responsibilities in Cyberspace
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we defend in Cyberspace the values of human rights, freedom of expression and
privacy as stated in our Charter of the Commonwealth;
individuals, organisations and nations are empowered through their access to
knowledge;
users benefit from the fruits of their labours; intellectual property is protected
accordingly;
users can benefit from the commercial value of their own information; accordingly,
responsibility and liability for information lies with those who create it;
responsible behaviour demands users all meet minimum Cyber hygiene
requirements;
we protect the vulnerable in society in their use of Cyberspace;
we, individually and collectively, understand the consequences of our actions and our
responsibility to cooperate to make the shared environment safe; our obligation is in
direct proportion to culpability and capability.
Practical application of these principles
5.1. Each Commonwealth member may find it beneficial to develop individually, a whole of
government strategy, reflecting the many facets in making Cyberspace safe, secure,
Cyber crime is an umbrella term frequently used to describe two distinct, but closely related criminal activities: cyber-dependent
and cyber-enabled crimes. Use of the term Cybercrime reflects the particular difficulties arising in dealing with criminal acts that
make use of the internet and other ICTs including those crimes that cross jurisdictions, encountering the juxtaposition of
permissive laws and constraining laws, requiring cooperation between authorities in new ways. A helpful elaboration, amongst
others, can be found in a 2013 UK Home office report “Cybercrime: a review of the evidence”
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246749/horr75-summary.pdf.
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