Legal Response to Cybercrime in Global and National Dimensions

Abstract

Cybercrime is a serious crime in the era of globalization. This crime employs sophisticated technology and anonymity. It is fast, crosses states’ borders, and has a wide impact. Cybercrime causes both material and immaterial losses. It even threatens world peace and security. The legal issue in this research is to discuss the international response to cybercrime, the substance of the Convention on Cybercrime, Budapest, 23.XI.2001, and Indonesia's position in the Convention on Cybercrime. The international response to cybercrime is done by holding international meetings at the United Nations Congress to discuss efforts to prevent cybercrime. Convention on Cybercrime, is the first provision for regulating cybercrime. The substance of the Convention on Cybercrime consists of material criminal law, procedural law, corporate responsibility, international cooperation and so on. Indonesia's position in the Indonesia Convention on Cybercrime is not to ratify the Convention on Cybercrime, but adopts the provisions of the Convention on Cybercrime on the Law Number 11 of 2008 on Information and Electronic Transactions and the Law Number 19 of 2016 on the Amendment of the Law Number 11 of 2008 on Information and Electronic Transactions. The criminal acts provided for in the Information and Electronic Transaction Law in Indonesia are wider than those stipulated in the Convention on Cybercrime.