On 21 and 22 September 2023, a Workshop on international co-operation provisions of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (Art. 9-10), was organised jointly by Eurojust and the Council of Europe. The exercise was held in a hybrid format, at the Eurojust premises and online.
Some 55 participants from more than 25 countries (EU members states and priority countries of the Global South) learned about the provisions of Articles 9 and 10 of the operation in emergency situations under the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.
The concept of “emergency” in international co-operation and current practices of preservation and disclosure of stored computer data in emergencies were also discussed.
Participants concorded on the need for further capacity building for the implementation of the new tools for co-operation in emergency situations under the Second Additional Protocol. This could include support for ongoing implementation processes at national level and legislative reforms, alongside joint events in smaller groups of countries that share legal system similarities and case scenario simulations on Articles 9 and 10 for all the actors involved.
The event was funded by the GLACY+ and iPROCEEDS-2 joint projects of the European Union and of the Council of Europe, in collaboration with the Octopus project, which is a Council of Europe project based on voluntary contributions. Representatives of the US Department of Justice made valuable contributions to several workshop sessions.
Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
Second Additional Protocol to the Cybercrime Convention on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence
