The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) has completed an update of its cursory overview of the global state of legislation on cybercrime. The report aims to provide a cursory overview of global trends in cybercrime legislation and electronic evidence since 2013, serving as a starting point for more thorough assessments and targeted support to countries or regions.

By December 2024:

• approximately 95% of UN Member States had either carried out or were in the process of reforming their cybercrime legislation, with significant progress made in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania;
• many countries continued to face challenges such as incomplete reforms, draft laws pending for years, and lack of capacities to apply new laws, indicating a need for continued capacity building support;
• 68% of UN Member States had substantive criminal law provisions largely in place to criminalize offences against and by means of computers, with significant progress made since 2013;
• 52% of States had specific procedural powers largely in place to secure electronic evidence, but many still rely on general procedural law provisions, highlighting the need for further capacity building;
• Nearly 50% of UN Member States were either Parties or Signatories to the Convention on Cybercrime, with 95 States being members or observers in the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY);
• numerous countries have also commenced reforms in order to implement the Second Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced cooperation and disclosure of electronic evidence.

Overall, the Convention on Cybercrime continues to guide reforms of legislation on cybercrime worldwide.

 Consult the Global state of cybercrime legislation 2013 – 2024: A cursory overview

 Consult the dedicated webpage of the Convention on Cybercrime