Recently, the Argentine Executive Branch filed a bill (the
"Bill") with the Senate which approves the Convention on
Cybercrime of the Council of Europe (ETS No. 185), adopted in
Budapest, Hungary (the "Convention").
The Convention was adopted in 2001 and is the only international
treaty on cybercrime and digital evidence. Despite the fact that it
was developed within the framework of the Council of Europe, all
countries may become members. To date it has been ratified by 54
countries, including the United States, Great Britain, Japan,
Canada and Germany.
The main purpose of the Convention is to establish a common
criminal policy to protect communities from cybercrime. In that
connection, the Convention has provisions which relate to
substantive law and specifies several crimes, including
computer-related fraud and violations to the security of computer
systems. In addition, it also contains several sections on
procedural law and the collection of digital evidence,
