The use of the Internet

Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Executive Director United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ............ v
Secretary-General’s Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force .......... vi
Government of the United Kingdom ................................. vii
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
I . Use of the Internet for terrorist purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A. Introduction ............................................ 3
B. Means by which the Internet is utilized for terrorist purposes ..... 3
C. Uses of the Internet for countering terrorist activity ............. 12
D. Rule-of-law considerations ................................. 13
II . The international context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
A. Introduction ............................................ 15
B. United Nations counter-terrorism resolutions .................. 16
C. Universal counter-terrorism legal instruments .................. 17
D. International human rights law ............................. 19
E. Regional and subregional counter-terrorism legal instruments ..... 20
F. Model legislation ........................................ 23
III . Policy and legislative frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
A. Introduction ............................................ 27
B. Policy ................................................. 27
C. Legislation ............................................. 31
IV . Investigations and intelligence-gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
A. Tools in the commission of terrorist offences involving the Internet . 53
B. Investigations of terrorist cases involving the Internet ............ 60
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