Dossier

Cybercrime & cybersecurity

Digital technology has created new forms of crime and new challenges for law enforcement, evidence and jurisdiction. This dossier examines cybercrime legislation, online fraud, ransomware, digital evidence and the legal frameworks that govern cross-border cooperation in fighting crime online.

Blogs

Criminal Law and Criminology · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Hoe ver reikt screening?

Screenen is niet meer weg te denken uit onze samenleving, maar is lang niet altijd weldoordacht. Wat zijn de gevolgen? En hoe voorkomen we dat dit preventie-instrument verkeerd uitpakt?

Elina van 't Zand-Kurtovic + 1 other • 11-06-2025

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Crypto security through non-legal agents: The people against terror

By considering Zamboni’s (2015) ideas on globalisation of politics and values, this blog discusses how (inter)national regulation, and the average person can counter terrorism through social media.

Maria Rebrean • 17-01-2022

Growing up with AI

UNICEF released a policy guidance draft on AI for children. This piece comments on it and stresses the need for a more precautionary and children-centred approach to such policy discussion.

Simone van der Hof + 1 other • 20-10-2020

Public Law

The right to Internet as the right to health? Obligations to remove barriers to the access of information during a pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic is an issue of public health. But with states putting unreasonable barriers to the access of information and effective communication, it is equally an issue of ensuring the protection of fundamental freedoms and human rights during such crisis.

Madeeha Majid • 16-04-2020

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Cybercrime and cybersecurity: The need for International Cybersecurity Law

Due to globalisation and the fast-growing development of the internet across the world, the rapid increase in cyberattacks such as cyberespionage and cyberwarfare has made cybercrime a key national security issue.

Reeda Al Sabri Halawi • 26-02-2020

Public Law

Data security in humanitarian action

If the essence of war is speed, knowledge of sensitive information about the enemy can make the difference. Even if this means cracking and stealing data held by neutral organisations. How does the Red Cross protect its own data?

Francesco Schmidt • 05-12-2019

Public Law

The European Cybersecurity Centre: A strange animal in the EU’s institutional zoo

In view of the steady proliferation of ‘Union bodies’, one may wonder what are the limits to such agencification. That is exactly the question raised by the proposal for a European Cybersecurity Centre.

Maarten Toelen • 12-11-2019

Public Law

How does cyber warfare fit in the framework of International Humanitarian Law?

Gone are the days when the worst thing on the Internet to be afraid of was a pesky virus. The current highly sophisticated malware looks for software vulnerabilities which can result in fatal damage to the opponent’s entire computer network.

Laura Krawczyk • 09-08-2019

Public Law

Cyberattacks are rewriting the ‘rules’ of modern warfare – we aren’t prepared for the consequences

When Israeli Defence Forces bombed a building allegedly used by Hamas computer hackers, it marked the first time that kinetic force has been used in response to a cyberattack.

Mark Leiser • 24-05-2019