Webinar

Effective Access to Electronic Evidence: towards a new Protocol to the Budapest Convention

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 Speakers

  • Cheol-kyu HWANG, President of the International Association of Prosecutors and Chief Prosecutor at International Center for Criminal Justice, Prosecution Service of the Republic of Korea
  • Alexander SEGER, Head of the Cybercrime Division of the Council of Europe and Executive Secretary of the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY)
  • Marcos SALT (TBC), professor of criminal law and procedure, and of cybercrime law, University of Buenos Aires, and T-CY representative of Argentina
  • Esther GEORGE, Cybercrime and cyber security specialist and lead consultant for the Global Prosecutors E-Crime Network (GPEN), United Kingdom
  • Ioana ALBANI, Prosecutor at the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIOCT) in Romania and T-CY expert

 Outline

 Date and time

  • Monday, 9 November 2020 | 15:00 CET

 Duration and format

  • 2h | 90' presentations & 30' discussions

 Audience

  • The event is open for participation for judiciary and prosecutors from countries of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific.

 Language: English only

Details

Background

The increased use of new technologies by criminals to organize, plan and carry out illegal activities online put the spotlight on the use of electronic evidence in criminal investigations. The latter is crucial, not only for investigating cybercrime but any type of crime. The globalization of the communication infrastructure brings additional challenges for investigators as offenders, victims and electronic evidence may be located in multiple jurisdictions and conflicting national laws may apply to obtain such evidence.

Objectives

The International Association of Prosecutors and the GLACY+ project of the Council of Europe and the European Commission are co-organising a thematic workshop to exchange views and share experiences on the existing and new forms of cooperation for effective access to electronic evidence.

Expected outcomes

  • Participants will have identified the challenges of international cooperation for access to electronic evidence and the risks to rule of law associated with these.
  • Participants will be up-to-date and will have shared their views on current proposals on solutions aimed at more effective and efficient access to electronic evidence, including through the future 2nd Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention.

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