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February 2021
Inter-Amercan Juridical Committee publishes report and resolution on International Law and Cyber Operations in the organization’s four languages
In August 2020, the Inter-American Juridical
Committee (CJI) adopted a report entitled
“International Law and State Cyber Operations,”
which provides parameters on the application of
international law to cyberspace and outlines
points of convergence and divergence in terms of
how those international rules are understood in
OAS member states, including their response to
cyber threats. The purpose of this document is
to offer more transparence as to the states’
understanding of how international law applies
to cyberspace, that may even participate in
initiatives aimed at limiting risks of conflict
between states.
An important contribution of the report has to
do with unequal legal capacities among the
states with respect to the regulations and
challenges posed by cyber operations, which was
what prompted the CJI to request the DIL to
develop a training program to equip public
servants with know-how and experience.
The CJI report was approved via
resolution
CJI/RES. 260 (XCVII-O/20) which proposed
language supporting the applicability of
international law to state operations in
cyberspace and served as a basis for an OAS
General Assembly statement in October 2020
reaffirming the Committee’s language and the
importance of implementing voluntary, nonbinding
norms for responsible state behavior in
cyberspace
resolution on International Law,
AG/RES. 2959 (L-O/20) subsection i.
That report has been translated into the four
official languages of the OAS and can be found
on the
Committee’s website.
On March 8, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. (Washington, DC
time), the Department of International Law,
Technical Secretariat of the Committee, will
hold a webinar on the aforementioned report with
the participation of Professor Duncan Hollis,
former rapporteur on the topic, and the new
rapporteur, Dr. Mariana Salazar. The agenda,
details for registration and connection
instructions will be updated in due time at
http://www.oas.org/en/sla/virtual_forum.asp and
be sent by this means.
The CJI serves as the
advisory body of the OAS on juridical matters
and is composed of 11 jurists, who are nationals
of member states and elected for a term of four
years.
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To learn more about the CJI, please
visit our website.
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