The Council of Europe, through its Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC), with support from the Octopus Project and in cooperation with the Icelandic Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, is organising an international conference on xenophobia and racism committed via computer systems.

The event will take place between 30-31 January 2023 in Strasbourg, France, where experts from public and private sectors as well as international and non-governmental organisations from different regions of the world will gather. Participation is free of charge but subject to registration, open until 23 January 2023. The conference will take place in person and will be livestreamed on a dedicated webpage.

The international conference is organised within the framework of the 20^th anniversary of the First Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, that was opened for signature on 28 January 2003 in order to address this type of offences.

After of the conference, a webinar on good practices and challenges in addressing xenophobia and racism committed online will take place in February 2023 (date and time TBC) as part of the programme dedicated to the 20^th anniversary.

Consult the First Additional Protocol webpage for more details.