Dissecting Security Architectures in Germany and EU

Tag: United Nations

  • EU states against civilian rescue: Ships should meet higher standards

    EU states against civilian rescue: Ships should meet higher standards

    The German Federal Minister of Transport wants to tighten the Ship Safety Ordinance and thus put obstacles in the way of sea rescuers. Behind this is a master plan by an EU group in which three German ministries participate Together…

  • Cleaning up the internet: UN plans convention against cybercrime

    Cleaning up the internet: UN plans convention against cybercrime

    A new convention for the prosecution of online crimes is to include the “spreading of false information” if this could trigger “social unrest”. States are therefore to make provisions to be able to uniformly prosecute calls for “subversive or armed…

  • Criticism also of COP 27: Egyptian blogger still on hunger strike

    Criticism also of COP 27: Egyptian blogger still on hunger strike

    Egyptians in exile are currently protesting for the release of blogger and democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah. A Berlin based solidarity group has also criticised Germany, which is an important trading partner of the regime in Cairo and wants to…

  • Council and Parliament negotiations: EU laws on “E-Evidence” reportedly on the home straight

    Council and Parliament negotiations: EU laws on “E-Evidence” reportedly on the home straight

    Internet service providers are to facilitate the work of law enforcement agencies with orders to preserve and hand over their users’ data. With an additional directive, companies must designate legal representation and establish points of contact. Negotiations on the EU…

  • Unrestrained killer robots in Geneva

    Unrestrained killer robots in Geneva

    A UN convention on lethal autonomous weapons systems is not in sight For more than seven years, several dozen states have been discussing a possible ban on autonomous killer robots at the United Nations (UN). So far, the talks have…

  • “Electronic Evidence”: No simplification for digital investigations yet

    “Electronic Evidence”: No simplification for digital investigations yet

    No less than three international organisations are working on different agreements to ease access to servers abroad for police and judiciary. In the Council of Europe, the EU Commission might pre-empt the United Nations. Problems arise with demands from the…