Law Relating to Cyber Crimes: International Perspective

The latest trends promoting digital sovereignty are increasingly freeing us from the complexities and challenges of international law in cyberspace. The complexities and challenges of digital sovereignty lie in the ability to control and direct international actors through the use of digital technologies such as the Internet, social media, and other digital media.Although international law is still in its beginning there is an urgent need to determine how it will be applied in this area, but that is a long way to go and it is still in its infancy. This chapter is divided into two parts a brief overview of the existing challenges for international cyber law and a discussion on the impact of these challenges on the future of cyber security with the help of Human Rights. The lack of effective international legal instruments in cyberspace is widely debated in theoretical and political debates. The complexity of cyberspace makes it difficult for parties to reach agreements, let alone enact acceptable and binding laws. The contentious academic debates primarily divide those who believe that states should play a more influential role in formulating international cyberspace law and those who argue that cyberspace should remain a free and distributed domain.