Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism

The "Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalization of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems," (Treaty no. 189) generally known as the Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism, is an extension of the Budapest Convention’s substantive, procedural and international-cooperation scope. It focuses on offenses related to racist or xenophobic propaganda online. The treaty was opened in Strasbourg on January 28, 2003, and went into force after five EC member states ratified it on March 1, 2006.