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rights arising from the obligations the State Party has undertaken under the 1966
United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and other
applicable international human rights instruments.
2.
Such conditions and safeguards shall, in view of the nature of the powers
and procedures concerned, inter alia, include judicial or other independent
supervision, grounds justifying application, and limitation of the scope and the
duration of such powers or procedures.
3.
To the extent that it is consistent with the public interests, in particular the
administration of justice, the State Party shall consider the impact of the powers
and procedures provided for by this Section upon the rights, responsibility and
legitimate interests of third parties.
Article 23. Expedited preservation of stored computer data
1.
Each State Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may
be necessary to enable its competent authorities to give adequate orders or
instructions or in a similar manner ensure the expeditious preservation of
specified computer data, including technical parameters of the traffic, in
particular if there are grounds to believe that this data is especially vulnerable to
deletion, copying or modification.
2.
If a State Party gives effect to the provisions of above paragraph 1 of this
Article by means of an order to a person to preserve specified stored data in the
person’s possession or control, the State Party shall adopt such legislative and
other legal measures as may be necessary to oblige that person to preserve that
data and maintain the integrity of that data for a period of time, up to a
maximum of 180 days, to enable the competent authorities to seek its
disclosure. A State Party may provide for such an order to be subsequently
renewed.
3.
Each State Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may
be necessary to oblige the person who is tasked to preserve the data to keep