The Urgency of International Instruments Regarding Cyber Attacks Indicated as an Aggression Crime in Asean
Maskun, Achmad, Naswar, Hasbi Assidiq, Armelia Safira, Nur Halima Lubis

Faculty of Law, University of Hasanuddin

Abstract

The development of technology in the 21st century is currently bringing changes to human life, because most human activities in the cyber times are a challenge for every country in the world today. Cyber-attack is a crime that develops rapidly in line with the development of information, communication and technology. Based on the impact, cyber-attack can be indicated as a crime of aggression. The focus of this research is to identify the urgency of regulating cyber-attacks indicated as a crime of aggression and find out to what extent the international community has made cyber-attack to be a new focus of contemporary crime studies which are indicated as the crime of aggression. This type of research is normative legal research with qualitative data analysis which contains the urgency of international regulations related to cyber-attack with indications of crime of aggression. The conclusion from this research is that international cooperation is needed in order to realize international legal arrangements that are universally respected and recognized by the international community regarding cyber-attack and their handling as crimes that can indicate crimes of aggression.

Keywords: International Law - Cyber Attack - Aggression Crimes - ASEAN Cooperation.

Topic: Maritime, Environment and International Policy