Some issues of the regulation of international relations in the sphere of information security

Abstract

The article considers the ways of developing international standards and new mechanisms in the framework of the UN in realization of the unique approach to provide information security and progressive use of ICT. Based on the analysis of the reports of the UN group of governmental experts to promote the consideration of existing and potential threats in the sphere of information security at multilateral levels, as well as, international legal norms in digital environment, various topical issues concerning the application of international law in the field of information and ensuring international information security are discussed.
The author outlined the problems of digital environment on the following issues:
- A common interpretation of the wrongful use of ICT in the international law system;
- Developing relevant international legal framework for combating the use of ICTs in terrorist and criminal purposes;
- International legal support of human rights for the freedom to seek, receive and impart information;
- Protection of critically important information infrastructures; the role of information in the global network Internet. There is no single common understanding of the international community regarding the identified problems and it will cause difficulty in preventing international conflicts involving ICTs.
The main problematic task is to develop the criteria to apply international legal norms and methodologies of the adaptation of international law to international relations in the information environment.