ABSTRACT
Cybersecurity has come to eclipse the interest and attention of policymakers and the general public alike. Yet despite a stated interest from most stakeholders in preventing mass harm through malicious use of information and communications technologies (ICTs), actual consideration of possible humanitarian impact and human rights violations in particular has not been a significant component of multilateral dialogues on international cybersecurity. The human rights community has mobilized in multiple ways to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms online, yet these efforts remain largely disconnected from the parallel efforts of governments to develop behavioural norms that would govern their actions in cyberspace. Much of that dialogue is occurring within multilateral bodies that take a traditionally state-centric approach to security.
