Budapest Convention on Cybercrime: Approval to Initiate the First Stage Towards Accession

Proactive Release

The following Cabinet paper and related Cabinet minutes have been prepared for proactive release by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet on behalf of Hon Kris Faafoi, Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media, and the Ministry of Justice, on behalf of Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Justice:

The following documents have been included in this release:

Title of paper: Approval to initiate the first stage towards accession to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (SWC-20-SUB-0053 refers)

Title of minute: Budapest Convention on Cybercrime: Approval to Initiate the First Stage Towards Accession (SWC-20-MIN-0053 refers)

Title of minute: Budapest Convention on Cybercrime: Approval to Initiate the First Stage Towards Accession (CAB-20-MIN-0252 refers)

A draft consultation document was attached to this Cabinet paper as an Annex when considered by Cabinet and has not been included in this publication. The costs of acceding to the Budapest Convention outlined in the Cabinet paper reflect estimates made at the time of Cabinet consideration. Amended estimates are published in the final version of the consultation document, which is published on the Ministry of Justice’s website.

Some parts of these documents would not be appropriate to release and, if requested, would be withheld under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Where this is the case, the relevant section of the Act that would apply has been identified. Where information would be withheld in accordance with section 9 of the Act, no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it.

Key to redactions (sections of the Act that would apply):

• 6(a), to avoid prejudicing the international relations of the New Zealand Government,

• 6(b), to protect the entrusting of information to the Government of New Zealand on a basis of confidence by the Government of any other country or any agency of such a Government, or by any international organisation,

• 9(2)(b)(ii), to protect the commercial position of the person who supplied the information, or who is the subject of the information,

• 9(2)(f)(iv), to maintain the confidentiality of advice tendered by or to Ministers and officials,

• 9(2)(g)(i), to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinion, and

• 9(2)(h), to maintain legal professional privilege.

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