List of international and regional instruments and short names
African Union, 2012. Draft Convention on the Establishment of a Legal Framework Conductive to
Cybersecurity in Africa (Draft African Union Convention).
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), 2011. Cybersecurity Draft Model
Bill. (COMESA Draft Model Bill).
The Commonwealth, 2002. (i) Computer and Computer Related Crimes Bill and (ii) Model Law on
Electronic Evidence (Commonwealth Model Law).
Commonwealth of Independent States, 2001. Agreement on Cooperation in Combating Offences
related to Computer Information (Commonwealth of Independent States Agreement).
Council of Europe, 2001. Convention on Cybercrime and Additional Protocol to the Convention on
Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature
committed through computer systems (Council of Europe Cybercrime
Convention/Protocol).
Council of Europe, 2007. Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and
Sexual Abuse (Council of Europe Child Protection Convention).
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), 2009. Draft Directive on Fighting
Cybercrime within ECOWAS (ECOWAS Draft Directive).
European Union, 2000. Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on
certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the
Internal Market (EU Directive on e-Commerce).
European Union, 2001. Council Framework Decision 2001/413/JHA combating fraud and
counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment (EU Decision on Fraud and
Counterfeiting).
European Union, 2002. Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic
communications sector (EU Directive on Data Protection).
European Union, 2005. Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA on attacks against
information systems (EU Decision on Attacks against Information Systems).
European Union, 2006. Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on
the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly
available electronic communications services or of public communications networks (EU
Directive on Data Retention).
European Union, 2010. Proposal COM(2010) 517 final for a Directive of the European Parliament
and of the Council on attacks against information systems and repealing Council Framework
Decision 2005/222/JHA (EU Directive Proposal on Attacks against Information
Systems).
European Union, 2011. Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on
combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and
replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (EU Directive on Child
Exploitation).
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)/Caribbean Community (CARICOM)/Caribbean
Telecommunications Union (CTU), 2010. Model Legislative Texts on Cybercrime/e-Crimes
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