Summary to the document "Evaluating the new Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime in Latin America".

During 2022, national discussions will be held regarding the adoption of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.

This international instrument establishes procedures that seek to strengthen international cooperation for law enforcement access to citizens' data. This raises important challenges in relation to human rights and fundamental freedoms.

This document produced by R3D de México for Al Sur addresses the content moderation on the Internet and its complexities from the perspective of the Inter-American standards on freedom of expression. In this regard, it introduces the limitations of freedom of expression in relation to protected speech and those that, due to their incitement to violence, genocide and child abuse, are not protected. Secondly, it provides an extensive explanation of content moderation, its principles and effects.

Facial recognition is a biometric identification technology that, by analyzing certain characteristic features of the face, seeks to establish a person’s identity.

Although it is less accurate than other forms of biometric identification, such as fingerprint or iris reading, it does not require physical contact. This allows its deployment, for example, in public spaces for large-scale surveillance purposes and without those who are being subjected to its scrutiny necessarily being aware of it.

This essay was prepared by CELE and the Regional Office for South America of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights for Al Sur. Unlike other contributions on the subject of disinformation that focus on analyzing information flows on the Internet or the responsibilities of intermediaries, this essay focuses on the responsibility of the sources, particularly public officials.

Gender-based violence manifests itself in different areas of daily life, globally and especially in Latin America, where various regional indicators exhibit gender inequalities reflected both in economic disparities and in disproportionate access to education, health and even the Internet.