Revision of GCC cybercrime laws is urgently required, and is essential for better security, for a better society and for better civil liberties.
Acknowledgments
Thanks are due to all the reviewers who contributed to this paper, including the external reviewers and those from the International Security Department, the International Law Programme, and the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. The author would also like to thank Jo Maher for editing the paper, and Henry Dodd for his support throughout this project.
This research paper is part of a three-year project, run by Chatham House and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and the UK Cabinet Office, aiming to deepen the understanding of the dynamics of political and economic change in the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.