Direito Digital Global: o Tribunal Penal Internacional como mecanismo de apuração da responsabilidade individual nos crimes cibernéticos

Abstract

The advent of the internet has caused, no doubt, a revolution in communication, social, political and economic relations. Every day is greater the number of network users and, thus, the volume of data that travels over it. It is in this scenario that emerge a number of new issues to be overcome by humanity. The inherent characteristics of the virtual environment help the emergence of criminals willing to commit various types of crime in the virtual environment. Among them stand out those that result in serious violations of human rights. The present study aims to investigate the protection of human rights at the international level, specifically the issue of the individual responsabilization of those who commit the crime in the virtual environment, so-called cybercrime. To do so, we will begin our study with some considerations about the historical origins of the internet. Subsequently, we will analyze the evolution of human rights protection at the international level and then we will focus on conflicts resolution by the International Criminal Court, verifying the possibility of the ICC competence to investigate, prosecute and judge cybercrimes