Editor's Note: This post is the final of three which have run over recent days as part of a book discussion on the Handbook on Developing a National Position on International Law and Cyber Activities: A Practical Guide for States. The debate on how international law applies in cyberspace has the potential to reconfigure many…

On January 29, 2024, the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) unanimously adopted Communiqué 1196 (2024) pursuant to which it adopted the Common African Position on the Application of International Law to the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in the Cyberspace. The Common African Position (CAP) and all four Communiqués that the PSC adopted on this…