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While cybercrime is proliferating and the complexity of obtaining electronic evidence that may be stored in foreign, multiple, shifting or unknown jurisdictions is increasing, the powers of law enforcement are limited by territorial boundaries. As a result, only a very small share of cybercrime that is reported to criminal justice authorities is leading to prosecutions or court decisions.
The Protocol responds to this challenge and provides tools for enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence - such as direct cooperation with service providers and registrars, effective means to obtain subscriber information and traffic data, immediate co-operation in emergencies or joint investigations - that are subject to a system of human rights and rule of law, including data protection safeguards.
Tools of the Second Additional Protocol
- Direct requests to registrars in other jurisdictions to obtain domain name registration information
- Direct co-operation with service providers in other jurisdictions to obtain subscriber information
- More effective means to obtain subscriber information and traffic data through government-to-government co-operation
- Expeditious co-operation in emergency situations
- Joint investigation teams and joint investigations
- Video conferencing
- A strong system of human rights and rule of law safeguards, including for the protection of personal data
Regional meeting on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol with Central and Eastern European countries
The CyberSPEX project organised the third meeting of its regional series on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) . The meeting was held in cooperation with the Romanian Ministry of Justice and took place in Bucharest on 14-15...
Latvia becomes the 49th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
Today, 27 March 2025, H.E. Ms Inese LĪBIŅA-EGNERE, Latvian Ministry of Justice, signed the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence. The event took place in Strasbourg in the presence of Alain BERSET, Secretary...
Regional meetings on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol
The CyberSPEX joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe facilitated the organisation of a series of Regional Meetings on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention). The first meeting, on 12 and 13 February 2025,...
Workshop for practitioners on the procedures for cooperation under the Second Additional Protocol
On 20 and 21 January 2025, the CyberSPEX project, in collaboration with the European Judicial Cybercrime Network (EJCN), and the CyberSEE project, organised in the Hague the Workshop for practitioners on the procedures for cooperation under the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on...
CyberSPEX: First Meeting of the Project Steering Committee and Exchange with Experts
The CyberSPEX project, a joint initiative of the European Commission and the Council of Europe, organised its first Project Steering Committee meeting, in Strasbourg, France, on 10 December 2024, followed by an exchange of views with experts from the most advanced countries in the process of...
CyberSPEX: T-CY meeting with industry and service providers on the procedures enhancing direct cooperation under the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
The Secretariat of the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY), in cooperation with the CyberSPEX project, organised on 10 December 2024 an exchange with Parties to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), service providers and industry. The meeting focused on the key provisions of the...
CyberSPEX: Webinar on the procedures enhancing direct cooperation under the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Art. 6 - 7) for EU Member States
On 22 November 2024, the CyberSPEX project, a joint initiative of the European Commission and the Council of Europe, held an webinar to introduce and further discuss the procedures enhancing direct cooperation with private entities and providers in other Parties under the Second Additional...
Upcoming Exchange on Public-Private Cooperation
The Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) and the CyberSPEX project, a joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, will host an industry exchange with service providers to strengthen public-private collaboration under the Second Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime...
CyberSPEX: Online Workshop on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
On 25 October 2024, the CyberSPEX project, a joint initiative of the European Commission and the Council of Europe, held an online workshop aimed at discussing the progress regarding the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol (2AP) to the Convention on Cybercrime by the EU Member...
49
signatories in total*
2
countries have ratified the Protocol (out of the 49 signatories)*
27 March 2025
Latvia becomes the 49th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
12 December 2024
Peru becomes the 48th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
24 September 2024
Paraguay becomes the 47th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
20 June 2024
Czechia and Sierra Leone become the 45th and 46th States to sign the Second Additional Protocol
17 June 2024
Georgia becomes the 44th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol