The CyberSPEX project (2024 - 2026) is a joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe, it aims to enhancing co-operation on cybercrime and electronic evidence between Member States of the European Union and other Parties to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) by contributing to the ratification and implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.
Project summary ENG / FR- Convention on Cybercrime: text of the Convention ENG / FR
- Second Additional Protocol on enhanced co-operation: text of the Protocol ENG / FR
Documents
Developed by the Council of Europe:
Factsheets: Convention on Cybercrime | Second Additional Protocol, November 2021
Guidelines: to come
Developed by the European Union:
- The Proposal of the European Commission
- The General Approach of the Council of the EU
- The Position of the European Parliament
Digital Services Act:
- Digital Services Act and Access to Information held by Service Providers
- Data Disclosure Orders under the Digital Services Act
Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and Cross-Border Access to Electronic Evidence and additional documentation on:
- Production Oders under Article 18
- Trans-Border Access to Stored Computer Data under Article 32
- 24/7 Points of Contact under Article 35
Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and additional documentation on:
- Article 6: Direct Requests for Domain Name Registration Information
- Article 7: Disclosure of Subscriber Information
Video: Budapest Convention explained: Upcoming events:
20-21 June 2024: Launching Event, Strasbourg, France
30th T-CY plenary treaty ceremony sees Budapest Convention reach 75 Parties, Benin accede to the First Protocol and Czechia and Sierra Leone sign the Second Additional Protocol
Today, 20 June 2024, in the presence of the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr Bjørn Berge, and within the framework of the 30th plenary session of the T-CY, Benin, Fiji and Kiribati acceded to the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS 185). With these new accessions, 75 States are now...
Launching CyberSPEX - enhanced co-operation on e-evidence by EU Member States through the Second Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
The new joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe – CyberSPEX – was launched on the 20-21 June 2024, in Strasbourg, following the 30th plenary of the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) and gathered representatives of 22 EU member States, including the European Commission,...
Georgia becomes the 44th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
Today, 17 June 2024, Ms Ambassador Tamar TALIASHVILI, Permanent representative of Georgia to the Council of Europe, signed the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence. The event took place in Strasbourg in the...
C-PROC activity report for 2023
Today, Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić shared her report on the activities in 2023 of the Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) of the Council of Europe with the Committee of Ministers. This report confirms once again the global scope and impact of capacity building by C-PROC: "In 2023,...
Albania becomes 36th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol to Convention on Cybercrime
Today, 27 February 2023, Ambassador Dastid KORESHI, Permanent Representative of Albania, signed the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence. The event took place in Strasbourg in the presence of Deputy Secretary...
20 June 2024
Czechia and Sierra Leone become the 45th and 46th States to sign the Second Additional Protocol
17 June 2024
Georgia becomes the 44th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
16 November 2023
Armenia becomes the 43th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
28 June 2023
22 June 2023
Malta becomes the 39th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
20 June 2023
Canada becomes the 38th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
31 May 2023
Mauritius becomes the 37th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
27 February 2023
Albania becomes the 36th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
16 February 2023
Argentina becomes the 35th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
30 January 2023
The Dominican Republic becomes the 34th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
27 January 2023
France and Germany become the 32nd and 33rd signatories
20 January 2023
Greece becomes the 31rst signatory
30 November 2022
6 Parties sign the Second additional Protocol [Croatia, Moldova, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and the United Kingdom]
13 June 2022
Costa Rica becomes 24th signatory
20 May 2022
Andorra becomes 23rd signatory
12 May 2022
22 Parties sign the Second additional Protocol at the opening for signature conference [Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden and the United States of America]
17 November 2021
The Second additional Protocol is adopted by the Committee of Ministers