The ESCWA Cyber Legislation Digest
Table of Contents
1.0
Executive Summary .............................................................................. 1
2.0
The Context for Cyber Legislation in the ESCWA Region ....................... 2
2.1 The Importance of Cyber Legislation for Building a Knowledge
Society ..................................................................................................... 2
2.2 The Scope of Regulation ................................................................ 2
2.3 The Status of Cyber Legislation in the ESCWA Region .................... 3
2.4 Limitations in the Implementation of Cyber Legislation ................. 5
3.0
The ESCWA Cyber Legislation Initiative ................................................ 7
3.1 The Objectives of Cyber Legislation ............................................... 7
3.2 The Objectives of the Harmonization of Cyber Legislation ............. 8
3.3 Models for Cyber Legislation in ESCWA Member Countries ........... 8
3.4 The Six ESCWA Cyber Legislation Templates ................................ 10
3.5 The Six ESCWA Cyber Legislation Directives ................................. 11
3.6 The Portal, Virtual Network and Sustainability of Results ............ 19
3.7 Advisory Services Offered by ESCWA ........................................... 21
4.0
Recommendations ............................................................................. 22
4.1 Government Level Recommendations ......................................... 22
4.2 Regional Recommendations ........................................................ 22
4.3 Capacity Building and Training Recommendations ...................... 23
4.4 Recommendations for the Legislative Processes.......................... 23
4.5 Other Recommendations ............................................................. 24
5.0
Process and Methodology .................................................................. 25
5.1 Activities ...................................................................................... 25
5.2 Research ...................................................................................... 26
5.3 The Different Approaches Considered ......................................... 26
5.4 The Six Directives: Consolidating Cyberspace Issues .................... 26
5.5 Stakeholders of the Cyber Legislation Harmonization Project...... 27
Appendix A: The Six Directives – Detailed Laws and Articles ........................ 29
Appendix B: The Timeline of the Harmonization Project .............................. 38
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