Lack of adequate training can be a major obstacle in having judges and prosecutors respond to the threat of cybercrime and handling electronic evidence in an effective and efficient way. The key actors in the criminal justice system need more than ever to know and understand the nature and evidential implications of cases involving electronic evidence, as well as the available legal instruments and approaches to international co-operation.
In this vein, the iPROCEEDS-2 project delivered the last Specialised Judicial Training Course on Electronic Evidence for around 25 judges and prosecutors from Albania and Kosovo*. Magistrates from Cape Verde, Ghana and Nigeria, countries supported by GLACY+ project, teamed with their peers from IPA region during almost one week in Tirana, Albania.
The training focused on the terminology and the technical nature of digital evidence, its evidential value, the particularities of virtual crime scenes and practical measures during the investigation and prosecution phases on how to identify and handle electronic evidence in such ways that will ensure its authenticity for later admissibility in court.
The course was designed around a practical case scenario and gave attention to the admissibility of electronic evidence in a hearing, how evidence is assessed, challenged and defended. The participants needed to take the perspectives of different parties involved in such a hearing.
This was the last Specialised Judicial Training course delivered under the iPROCEEDS-2 project, after being carried out domestically or regionally in all project countries/area. The project started in January 2020 and will end in December 2023.
iPROCEEDS-2 project webpage
GLACY+ project webpage
Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) webpage
Electronic Evidence Guide (available upon request)
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