The new Protocol on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence was opened for signature on 12 May 2022 within the framework of an international conference in Strasbourg, France. Yesterday, 13 June 2022, Mr Sergio Vinocour Fornieri, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of Costa Rica in France, also signed the Protocol in the presence of Björn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, bringing the number of signatories up to 24. He underlined that the massive cyberattacks against Costa Rican institutions last month demonstrated the urgent need for States to implement and ratify this Protocol so that its tools become available as soon as possible.

• Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
• Convention on Cybercrime
• Event page : International conference on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence, May 2022