On 24 February 2022, the GLACY+ and the Octopus Project organised the third multi-stakeholders webinar from a series of four thematic webinars on the Introduction of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on enhanced cooperation and disclosure of electronic evidence.

This webinar was attended by representatives of civil society, data protection experts, criminal justice authorities of Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama and aimed at providing an overview on the rationale, process of negotiation and provisions of the Second Additional Protocol.

The participants became familiar with the new tools and procedures, safeguards and conditions brought forward by the Second Additional Protocol and on the way its mechanism can be applied for effective access to electronic evidence and protection of victims. This knowledge will further facilitate the implementation of the new international legal standards into the domestic legislation of the participating countries.

Follow the webpage dedicated to the series for the final roundtable to discuss in-depth the tools of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention

 Multistakeholder webinars on the Second Additional Protocol in LATAM countries: dedicated webpage

 Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime: Treaty Office webpage

 Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention): dedicated webpage

 GLACY+ project: dedicated webpage

 Octopus Project: dedicated webpage

In the light of current events, strengthening capacities on cybercrime and cybersecurity is more important than ever.

 Link to the decisions by Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers on the situation in Ukraine