Budapest Convention and

related standards

The Convention on Cybercrime of the Council of

Europe (CETS No.185), known as the Budapest
Convention, is the only binding international
instrument on this issue. It serves as a guideline for
any country developing comprehensive national
legislation against Cybercrime and as a framework
for international cooperation between State Parties
to this treaty.

The Budapest Convention is supplemented by

a Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism committed
through computer systems.

 The Budapest Convention (CETS 185)

 The Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism (ETS
189)
 Guidance Notes

Translation
 
The Convention on Cybercrime of the Council of Europe and the Protocol on
Xenophobia and Racism are also available in non-official versions. The official
languages of the Council of Europe are English and French (Article 12 of the Statute of
the Council of Europe). Only the treaties published by the Secretary General of the
Council of Europe, each in a separate booklet of the "European Treaty Series" (ETS)
continued since 2004 by the "Council of Europe Treaty Series" (CETS), are deemed
authentic. The translations presented here are for information only.