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Article 10 – Offences related to infringements <strong>of</strong> copyright and related rights<br />

Additional Protocol to <strong>the</strong> Convention on Cybercrime, concerning <strong>the</strong> criminalisation<br />

<strong>of</strong> acts <strong>of</strong> a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems (ETS<br />

no. 189)<br />

http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/en/whatyouwant.asp?nt=189<br />

This Protocol expands <strong>the</strong> scope <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Convention on Cybercrime (ETS no. 185) to<br />

also criminalise acts <strong>of</strong> a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer<br />

systems:<br />

Article 3 – Dissemination <strong>of</strong> racist and xenophobic material through computer<br />

systems<br />

Article 4 – Racist and xenophobic motivated threat<br />

Article 5 – Racist and xenophobic motivated insult<br />

Article 6 – Denial, gross minimisation, approval or justification <strong>of</strong> genocide or<br />

crimes against humanity<br />

European Union – http://europa.eu.int/<br />

NOTE: It is useful to understand <strong>the</strong> “institutional triangle” <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> European Union and<br />

how decision making and legislation work<br />

The European Union at a glance – http://europa.eu.int/abc-en.htm<br />

Institutions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> European Union – http://europa.eu.int/inst-en.htm<br />

European Parliament (EP) – http://www.europarl.eu.int/<br />

626 members, elected by citizens<br />

shares with <strong>the</strong> Council <strong>the</strong> power to legislate<br />

exercises supervision over <strong>the</strong> Commission (approves nomination <strong>of</strong><br />

Commissioners) and all institutions<br />

Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> European Union – http://ue.eu.int/<br />

one representative from each member state<br />

decision-making role<br />

European Commission – http://europa.eu.int/comm/<br />

20 members, appointed by member states after approval by EP<br />

draft legislation and proposals to EP and Council<br />

responsible for implementing legislation adopted<br />

guardian <strong>of</strong> Treaties and ensures that Community law is applied<br />

represents <strong>the</strong> Union internationally and negotiates international<br />

agreements<br />

EUR-Lex – The portal to European Union Law<br />

http://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/<br />

EUR-Lex – Legislation In Force<br />

http://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/search/search_lif.html<br />

Analytical structure/register index for<br />

13.20.60 Information technology, telecommunications, and data processing<br />

http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/reg/en_register_132060.html<br />

166 CMU/SEI-2003-TR-001

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