Applicability of Cybercrime Conventions to International Cooperation in the Fight against Child Abuses on the Internet during Armed Conflicts

Abstract

Information and telecommunication technologies are intensively used to aggravate the humanitarian condition of children being disproportionately affected by military conflicts. Although international humanitarian law contains a significant number of norms providing special protection of children, most issues related to child abuses on the Internet are enshrined in specific treaties that may be not applicable during international military conflicts. The present article addresses the norms of the law of treaties related to the effects of armed conflicts on treaties, including cybercrime conventions; it discusses the applicability of the existing cybercrime treaties during armed conflicts.