The joint EU/CoE CyberSouth+ project paid an official visit to Algeria to discuss the development of a judicial national guide on cybercrime and electronic evidence and the support to the personal data protection regime, recently introduced by the country. Following up on previous activities carried out by the project, Algeria requested the CyberSouth+ project team to assist with the implementation of the recently adopted legislation on personal data protection, with reference to data used for criminal investigations, judicial decisions and international co-operation, also in light of the operational agreement currently under discussion with EUROJUST.
Algeria has been co-operating with the Council of Europe in the framework of its neighbourhood policy since 2012. More recently, the country expressed interest to reinforce such co-operation to enhance capacities of national stakeholders in crucial fields of work such as justice, cybercrime, trafficking in human beings and personal data protection.
The visit included representatives of the Council of Europe’s Data Protection Unit, Programme South V and European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ).
CyberSouth+ project webpage
Cybercrime Convention (Budapest Convention)
Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC)