The unfortunate reality is that the UN's various departments or sections are usually captured by some country or interest. WHO has been known to do China's bidding, while the Human Rights Committee are mostly on the side of the autocrats.

For the cybercrime convention, it also looks like the autocrats are pushing this one. Thanking for for highlighting it, I will send along to some friends as well to see how we can push back.

The good thing about these treaties is that each country has a free vote on whether to apply -- that's where most of the pressure would be