Rule of law in Cyberspace as a means and way to cyber security.

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During the last some decades we can find out a significant increasing of crimes committed through the Internet. The most dramatic thing is that such kind of crimes normally cover some countries and therefore international, unified way of prevention and investigation of cyber crimes is needed. There are numerous theories and ways to prevent cyber crimes, to ensure cyber security, but I would focus on some basic directions. There are two basic ways to follow this road: legal and procedural way, which is partly defined by European Convention on Cybercrime (2001).
I think we have gone a little bit far. Let's come some steps back.
I would firstly like to define the notion of law. There are a lot of definitions of this concept, but according to Geoffrey
Robertson, law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behaviour.
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So, a law is the basic instrument to ensure public order, order on the state level and also on international level.
The “rule of law" is the authority and influence of law in society, esp. when viewed as a constraint on individual and institutional behaviour; (hence) the principle whereby all members of a society (including those in government) are considered equally subject to publicly disclosed legal codes and processes.
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Therefore the rule of law is the basic factor to let's say prevent chaos. But, there is a thin line between law (in terms of ensuring order) and democracy. Democracy can not be implemented, can not be assured without the rule of law. At the same time, the rule of law prescribes restrictions of somebodies rights to ensure public order, state order, order in society. Human rights, at the same time, have never to be violated. The world seriously face...

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...uncertain question to sybersecurity: position of “lawyer” about freedom and compliance of human rights in syberspace, and position of “law enforcement agencies” about prevention and investigation of cyber-crimes, and ensuring of human rights, of sure.
Both positions are about the rule of law in cyber-space, but there are no unified complete understanding of the same way of interacting for the above mentioned players.
The only and the best way to find out comprehension between the above mentioned players are to make IGF (internet-governance forums) more opened for society, to share results of
IGF among LEA, lawyers, government and Internet-users (via mass-media, ISP, other players). We should also pay attention to International organizations (UN, Council of Europe and others) and
International courts, which could also simplify the “unwritten” positions in cyberspace.

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