CyberSEE - Project on enhanced action on cybercrime and electronic evidence in South-East Europe and Türkiye

CyberSEE: Enhanced action on cybercrime and electronic evidence in South-East Europe and Türkiye is a Joint project of the European Union (DG NEAR) and the Council of Europe.

Participating countries/areas: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Kosovo*

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.

The overall objective of CyberSEE is to strengthen the rule of law, security and regional co-operation in the South-East-Europe and Türkiye through a more effective response to the challenges of cybercrime and electronic evidence. Under this overall objective, the Project implements activities in the region with the specific objective to reach strengthened and more effective criminal justice response of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Kosovo to cybercrime and electronic evidence, in line with the provisions of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, its Second Protocol and European Union objectives.

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ACTIVITIES

Back CyberSEE and Octopus Project – CyberKOP action: International Conference on International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters and Cybercrime

CyberSEE and Octopus Project – CyberKOP action: International Conference on International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters and Cybercrime

CyberSEE project supported the EU-CoE Joint Programme Improving International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters in Turkey in organising the International Conference on International Judicial Cooperation on Criminal Matters and Combatting Cybercrime, held in Ankara, Türkiye, on 27-28 May.

The conference marked the 75^th Anniversary of the Council of Europe and the 20^th Anniversary of the Council of Europe Programme Office in Ankara, bringing together 150 criminal justice professionals and key partners, to discuss the challenges and the legal framework for international cooperation in criminal matters and to strengthen partnerships in combating cybercrime.

CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project supported the participation of an international delegation of representatives of judicial and law enforcement authorities from Pristina to gain insights into best practices related to cross-border judicial cooperation and to network with their counterparts in the region.

Key sessions of the event focused on the Council of Europe instruments on judicial international cooperation, with a particular emphasis on the provisions of Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) and its Second Additional Protocol, for the cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence.

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