International Anti-Cybercrime Day
A/RES/79/243
A/RES/79/243
This authority record treats the observance as a fixed annual date. The same month and day can be reused unless a stronger source changes the rule. Public-holiday or government status is never inferred from the observance name alone.
Overview
International Anti-Cybercrime Day is observed on 24 December. The United Nations General Assembly designated the Day when it adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime in 2024, with the stated purpose of raising awareness of cybercrime and of the Convention’s role in combating and preventing it.
The observance concerns international cooperation, prevention, investigation, capacity-building and awareness around crimes involving information and communications technologies. It should not be read as a substitute for national law or as legal advice about specific conduct.
Why it matters
Cybercrime can cross borders quickly, while legal systems, investigative capacity and access to technical expertise differ widely. International cooperation therefore raises both practical questions and safeguards involving evidence, jurisdiction, privacy, human rights and due process.
A useful observance can focus on cyber hygiene, victim support, institutional capacity and informed discussion of international cooperation without exaggerating what any one treaty or awareness day can accomplish.
History
The Ad Hoc Committee negotiating the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime transmitted a draft resolution recommending that the date on which the General Assembly adopted the Convention become International Anti-Cybercrime Day.
On 24 December 2024, the General Assembly adopted A/RES/79/243 together with the Convention and designated 24 December as International Anti-Cybercrime Day.
The reviewed institutional sources do not yet establish a separate first-observance event or a permanent coordinator for the Day, so those fields remain fail-closed.
How the observance developed
This timeline is assembled only from verified provenance fields. Missing stages are omitted rather than inferred.
Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes
The Committee’s report A/78/986–A/AC.291/28 transmitted the draft resolution containing the recommendation to designate the Convention’s General Assembly adoption date as International Anti-Cybercrime Day.
United Nations General Assembly
A/RES/79/243
What the evidence establishes
Verified institutional roles and milestones are shown first. Fields that the reviewed sources do not establish remain fail-closed and are available below without competing with the confirmed record.
4 fields not established in reviewed sources
Ways to observe
Review basic account security such as unique passwords, multi-factor authentication, device updates and recovery methods using guidance from a trusted cybersecurity authority.
Learn common fraud and social-engineering patterns and share prevention information without circulating live malicious links or sensitive victim details.
For organizations, review incident-reporting, backup, access-control and response procedures with appropriate legal and security professionals.
Discuss cross-border cybercrime cooperation alongside privacy, human-rights and due-process safeguards rather than treating enforcement as a purely technical issue.
Useful facts
International Anti-Cybercrime Day is observed on 24 December.
The General Assembly designated it through A/RES/79/243 on 24 December 2024.
The same resolution adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime.
The negotiating committee’s draft explicitly specified that the Convention’s General Assembly adoption date should become the Day, establishing the exact-date rationale.
No permanent Day facilitator or separate first observance is established in the reviewed sources.
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
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Evidence & sources
Repeated links from the authority record, institutional provenance and editorial guide research are consolidated here. Badges show how each source is used; a contextual source is never treated as proof of establishment on its own.
United Nations Digital Library — A/RES/79/243 (opens in a new tab)
UNODC / Ad Hoc Committee — A/78/986–A/AC.291/28 (opens in a new tab)
United Nations — List of International Days and Weeks (opens in a new tab)
United Nations — Observances: who chooses them and how (opens in a new tab)
Understand it, compare it, then explore further
Start with the most common factual questions, then use reviewed distinctions and related authority records to understand where this observance fits.
Frequently asked questions
When is International Anti-Cybercrime Day?
24 December The stored recurrence guidance is: 24 December.
Does International Anti-Cybercrime Day fall on the same date every year?
The authority record classifies it as fixed annual, so its month and day are reusable unless stronger evidence changes the rule.
Is International Anti-Cybercrime Day an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: United Nations / international observance. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes International Anti-Cybercrime Day?
The reviewed provenance layer identifies United Nations General Assembly as the proclaiming or establishing body. The proposer or originator is recorded separately as Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes.
Is International Anti-Cybercrime Day international or country-specific?
The record has international or global institutional scope: United Nations / international observance. That does not mean every country treats the date as a public holiday or observes it in the same way.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-05.
When is International Anti-Cybercrime Day?
It is observed every year on 24 December.
Why is it on 24 December?
The negotiating committee’s draft specified that the date of General Assembly adoption of the UN Convention against Cybercrime should be designated International Anti-Cybercrime Day; the Assembly adopted the Convention on 24 December 2024.
What established the Day?
The United Nations General Assembly designated it in A/RES/79/243 on 24 December 2024.
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