] The Cybercrime Convention does three major things:
]
] It includes a list of crimes that each member country
] must have on its books. The treaty requires
] criminalization of offenses such as hacking, the
] production, sale or distribution of hacking tools, and an
] expansion of criminal liability for intellectual property
] violations (Articles 2-11).
]
] It requires each participating nation to grant new powers
] of search and seizure to its law enforcement authorities.
] They include the power to force an Internet Service
] Provider (ISP) to preserve a citizen%u2019s internet
] usage records or other data, and the power to monitor a
] citizen%u2019s online activities in real time (Articles
] 16-22).
]
] It requires law enforcement in every participating
] country to assist police from other participating
] countries. US police would be required to cooperate
] %u201Cmutual assistance requests%u201D from police in
] other participating nations %u201Cto the widest extent
] possible%u201D (Articles 23-35).

] The Cybercrime Convention does three major things:
]
] It includes a list of crimes that each member country
] must have on its books. The treaty requires
] criminalization of offenses such as hacking, the
] production, sale or distribution of hacking tools, and an
] expansion of criminal liability for intellectual property
] violations (Articles 2-11).
]
] It requires each participating nation to grant new powers
] of search and seizure to its law enforcement authorities.
] They include the power to force an Internet Service
] Provider (ISP) to preserve a citizens internet
] usage records or other data, and the power to monitor a
] citizens online activities in real time (Articles
] 16-22).
]
] It requires law enforcement in every participating
] country to assist police from other participating
] countries. US police would be required to cooperate
] mutual assistance requests from police in
] other participating nations to the widest extent
] possible (Articles 23-35).

The obvious intent of this treaty is good and it does some things that need to be done, however, the ACLU makes a compelling case that it is poorly crafted. The result would be worse then the disease.

In general, the problem with these UN treaties is that these are governments negotiating with eachother over their interests. Citizens, and their interests, are frequently not at the table.