The Office of the Chief Registrar of Malaysia and the Attorney General’s Chambers of Malaysia, with the support of the Octopus Project of the Council of Europe, organised a judicial training course on cybercrime and e-evidence. The course includes two standard modules - introductory and advanced – complemented by the soft skills course to provide trainers with the knowledge on adult training methodology.
Along the initial four-day learning session on 10-13 December 2024, international subject-matter experts introduced participants - 20 judges, magistrates and prosecutors from Malaysia - to the framework of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), as well as the basics of internet, cybercrime and e-evidence.
Soft skills module will wrap up the first week aiming to complete this introductory training with a necessary basic level of knowledge for future trainers to deliver their own training sessions.
In addition, the advance module will follow next week on the basis of the consolidated materials developed by the Council of Europe and adapted to the local context.
The Council of Europe approach to judicial training is to empower countries to develop their own programmes and to constitute a pool of local trainers that are able to implement them. With the cross-border nature of cybercrime offenses and e-evidence, there is a critical need for judges, magistrates and prosecutors to be well-versed in handling electronic evidence in view of investigating and adjudicating cybercrime cases.
The Council of Europe stands ready to further support these collaborative efforts, including in relation to harmonising legal frameworks on cybercrime and e-evidence in countries in Southeast Asia, in line with international standards.
The Council of Europe gratefully acknowledges voluntary contributions of the Governments of Japan and US to Octopus Project in support of the Southeast Asian countries.
Octopus Project webpage
Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
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