Benin, Fiji and Kiribati have acceded to the Convention on Cybercrime. With these new accessions, made in Strasbourg on 20 June in the presence of Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge, 75 States are now Parties, two have signed it and 18 have been invited to accede to the Convention.
Additionally, Benin acceded to the First Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems. The Protocol entails an extension of the Cybercrime Convention’s scope, including its substantive, procedural and international cooperation provisions, to also cover offences of racist or xenophobic propaganda. This first Protocol now has 36 Parties.
Lastly, the Czech Republic and Sierra Leone signed the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence. With these, 46 States have signed it, of which 2 are already Parties.
The Second Additional 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.
