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Report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Advancing Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace
Source scope
UN-mandated consensus report addressing responsible state behaviour, international law, norms, confidence-building, capacity-building, and cyber risk.
Publisher, edition, and currentness
| Publisher | United Nations |
|---|---|
| Claim status | CURRENT LAW OR POLICY |
| Version or edition | A/76/135, 14 July 2021 |
| Publication status | UNITED NATIONS CONSENSUS REPORT; not a treaty or complete code |
| Publication date | 2021-07-14 |
| Official location | https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3934214?ln=en |
| K03 revalidated | 2026-08-15T23:00:00Z |
| Currentness assessment | Official UN record reviewed on 2026-08-15; later processes may add context but do not make disputed legal questions uniformly settled. |
| Superseded by | No successor is assigned in the current source catalog. |
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| Section | Proposition supported in this corpus | Official location |
|---|---|---|
| International law and responsible state behaviour | The consensus framework affirms that existing international law and the UN Charter apply to state conduct in cyberspace while leaving many applications contested. | Official section |
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Official UN record reviewed on 2026-08-15; later processes may add context but do not make disputed legal questions uniformly settled.
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