On 15 March 2022, the Council of Europe, through the GLACY + project, held an interactive workshop with Ugandan authorities on harmonising national legislation on cybercrime and electronic evidence with international standards, in particular the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.

The workshop was organised in collaboration with the Ugandan Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and brought together members of the national Task Force mandated to update the existing legislation on cybercrime and harmonise it with existing international standards, and other stakeholders (Director of Public Prosecutions and representatives of the Ministries of ICT, Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs, and Security, alongside the Uganda Law Reform Commission and the Uganda Police).

During the workshop, participants discussed the findings and recommendations of the analysis of national cybercrime legislation conducted by the Council of Europe expert, and identified the key areas of legislative reforms to be addressed by the National Taskforce. The workshop followed the previous advisory mission on legislation organised in Uganda under the GLACY+ project in 2018.