Today, 12 December 2024, Ecuador deposited the instrument of accession to the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS 185). With Ecuador, the Convention now has 77 Parties while two have signed it and 18 have been invited to accede.
Moreover, Peru signed the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence (CETS 224). With this, 48 States have signed it of which two are already Parties.
The accession by Ecuador and signature by Peru took place in the presence of Mr. Gianluca Esposito, Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, in a treaty event held during the 31st Plenary of the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY).
Council of Europe: Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) (dedicated webpage)
Council of Europe Treaty Office: Details of the Convention (ETS No. 185)
Council of Europe: Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Treaty Office webpage)
Council of Europe: Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (dedicated webpage)
