Global State of Cybercrime Legislation

 Speakers
  • Alexander SEGER, Head of Cybercrime Division, Council of Europe
  • Deborah WEISS, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications, Fiji
  • Momodou JALLOW, Principal ICT Officer, Ministry of Information and Communication Infrastructure, The Gambia
 Documentation
 Language: English
 Date and time
  • Monday, 27 April 2020 | 09:00 AM GMT
 Duration and format
  • 1h30' | 45' presentations & 45' discussions
 Audience
  • Particularly useful for officials involved in drafting/ applying cybercrime legislation/ policies
 Number of participants: max. 100

Background

Cybercrime is a global phenomenon that requires global solutions. By the end of February this year, 106 (or 55%) members of the United Nations had domestic legislation in place to criminalise offences against and by means of computers broadly in line with the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.

Good progress was noted, however further capacity building is required to ensure the application of legislation by criminal justice practitioners.

Objective

The webinar aims to provide an overview of the state of cybercrime legislation around the world, illustrated by examples of reforms currently underway.

It is deemed particularly useful for officials from national authorities (ministries, judiciary, prosecutors, law enforcement agencies, law reform advisers) involved in the drafting, implementation and application of legislation on cybercrime and electronic evidence and relevant national policies.

Expected outcomes

Participants will know more on:

  • the progress made worldwide in recent years towards legislation on cybercrime and e-evidence consistent with international standards;
  • why such legislation is particularly important to prosecute cyber criminals that exploit the COVID-19 crisis;
  • how to go about such reforms in their country and the type of support they can expect from the Council of Europe.

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