Cybercrime

Members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Prosecutor General’s Offices, National Police, Ministry of Interior and Specialised investigative services/agencies from five Eastern Partnership partners met in Brussels to discuss the tools for enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence under the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention). This regional workshop was organised by the CyberEast+, a joint venture of the European Union and of the Council of Europe.

This regional workshop was extremely beneficial to the partner authorities from the three candidate countries to the European Union, in view of their future accession to the EU. The exchanges focused on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol into the respective national legislations, with a view to EU-specific requirements in place put forward by the EU Council decision 2023/436.  

Project partners from Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged views and best practices with the Eastern Partnership countries in attendance.  They also discussed the advantages and potential drawbacks of aligning with the EU-derived requirements applicable to the implementation of the Second Protocol in their countries. This is expected to bring better harmonisation to implementing the Second Protocol in region’s countries.

The CyberEast+ project will continue to support Eastern Partnership countries in the process of implementation of the Second Additional Protocol.

CyberEast+ project webpage

Second Additional Protocol

Convention on Cybercrime

Council Decision (EU) 2023/436 of 14 February 2023