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Octopus Project: Desk review and Online Workshop on Cybercrime Legislation and Electronic Evidence organised with national authorities of Barbados

One more online workshop in the series organised in the Caribbean region, to provide advice on legislation in line with the Budapest Convention, rule of law and human rights standards, took place with national authorities from Barbados.

The two-day workshop was jointly organised by the Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS) and the Council of Europe in the framework of the Octopus Project, being supported also by the Organisation of American States (OAS), through the REMJA group (The Meetings of Ministers of Justices, other Ministers, Prosecutors and Attorney Generals of the Americas), as well as the US Department of Justice.

The event was joined by 44 participants from the Law Reform Commission, Chief Parliamentary Counsel’s Department, Ministry of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology, Central Bank of Barbados, Solicitor General’s Chambers, Police Department and Finance Intelligence Unit, Department of Public Prosecution, Division of International Business, judiciary, as well as representatives of the OAS, the US Department of Justice, CARICOM IMPACS, the Council of Europe and Council of Europe consultants.

The discussions were structured around substantive law provisions, procedural law and international cooperation best practices from the community gathered around the Budapest Convention, as well as on reflections of the relevant Barbadian domestic legislation. Concrete examples of types of capacity building programs offered to countries worldwide through the Council of Europe’s Cybercrime Programme Office were also discussed, with a particular attention to ways forward in cooperating with the national authorities in Barbados.

Through the Octopus Project, the Council of Europe will continue to provide support to countries in the Caribbean region for legislative alignment with international best practices based on the Budapest Convention on cybercrime as a global standard, as well as for further capacity building. The Council of Europe gratefully acknowledges voluntary contributions of the donors to this project.

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