Enhanced Cooperation and Disclosure of Electronic Evidence: Towards a New Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
Practical info
Webinar 1:
Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime: Direct cooperation with providers and entities in other Parties
Speakers
- Cheol-Kyu HWANG, President of the International Association of Prosecutors and Chief Prosecutor at the International Center for Criminal Justice, Prosecution Service of the Republic of Korea
- Alexander SEGER, Head of the Cybercrime Division and Executive Secretary of the Cybercrime Convention Committee of the Council of Europe
- Erica O’NEIL, Assistant Deputy Chief for Computer Crime, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, United States Department of Justice
- Ioana ALBANI, Prosecutor, Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism, Romania
Date and time
- Thursday, 13 May 2021 | 15h00 - 17h00 CEST
Duration and language
- 2h | English only
Audience
- The event is open for participation for criminal justice authorities from countries of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific.
Outline
Webinar 2:
Criminal justice cooperation on cybercrime in an emergency situation
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)
- Jacqueline B.M. PALUMBO, Senior General Counsel and Head, Treaty Negotiations, International Assistance Group, Department of Justice Canada
- Ioana ALBANI, Prosecutor, Directorate for Combating Organised Crime and Terrorism, Romania
Date and time
- Monday, 11 October 2021 | 15h00 - 17h00 CET
Duration and language
- 2h | English only
Audience
- The event is open for participation for criminal justice authorities from countries of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific.
Outline
Webinar 3:
Giving effect to orders from another party for expedited production of subscriber information and traffic data
Speakers
- Han MORAAL, Secretary General of the International Association of Prosecutors
- Alexander SEGER, Head of Cybercrime Division, Council of Europe
- Normand WONG, Senior Counsel and Team Lead of the Organized Crime, Technology and Investigative Powers Team in the Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice, Canada
- Erica O’NEIL, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, United States Department of Justice
- Edith VAN DEN BROECK, Senior Prosecutor - Senior Legal Advisor, International Association of Prosecutors
Date and time
- Tuesday, 7 December 2021 | 15h00 - 17h00 CET
Duration and language
- 2h | English only
Audience
- The event is open for participation for criminal justice authorities from countries of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific.
Outline
Webinar 4:
Joint investigation teams and joint investigations on cybercrime and electronic evidence
Speakers
- Representative of the International Association of Prosecutors
- Alexander SEGER, Head of Cybercrime Division, Council of Europe
- Kenneth HARRIS, Senior Counsel for International Criminal Matters, United States Department of Justice representation to the European Union
- Branislav BOHACIK, Prosecutor, General Prosecutor’s Office, Slovakia
- Edith VAN DEN BROECK, Senior Prosecutor - Senior Legal Advisor, International Association of Prosecutors
Date and time
- Tuesday, 15 February 2022 | 15h00 - 17h00 CET
Duration and language
- 2h | English only
Audience
- The event is open for participation for criminal justice authorities from countries of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific.
Outline
Webinar 5:
Data protection safeguards and principles in cybercrime investigations
Speakers
- Cheol-Kyu HWANG, President of the International Association of Prosecutors and Chief Prosecutor at the International Center for Criminal Justice, Prosecution Service of the Republic of Korea
- Alexander SEGER, Head of the Cybercrime Division and Executive Secretary of the Cybercrime Convention Committee of the Council of Europe
- Kenneth HARRIS, Senior Counsel for International Criminal Matters, United States Department of Justice representation to the European Union
- Ralf SAUER, Deputy Head of Unit, International data flows and protection, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
- Edith VAN DEN BROECK, Senior Prosecutor - Senior Legal Advisor, International Association of Prosecutors
Date and time
- 23 May 2022 | 15h00 - 17h00 CEST
Duration and language
- 2h | English only
Audience
- The event is open for participation for criminal justice authorities from countries of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific.
Outline
Details
Background
Cybercrime is a threat to human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Criminal justice authorities are confronted with a continuous increase in the scale and quantity of cybercrime and other offences involving electronic evidence, with associated technical challenges, with issues related to cloud computing and jurisdiction, including links to organised crime, and with challenges facing the system of mutual legal assistance. The COVID-19 pandemic is accompanied by further proliferation of cybercrime.
This underlines the need for effective criminal justice action, making use of frameworks such as the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and additional solutions, including those being developed for the 2nd Additional Protocol to permit instant cooperation in urgent and emergency situations subject to human rights and rule of law safeguards.
The aim of the Protocol is to enhance cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence in specific criminal investigations and proceedings through:
- Tools for more efficient mutual assistance;
- Provisions for direct cooperation with private sector entities (with service providers for subscriber information and with registrars for domain name registration information) in other Parties;
- Expedited cooperation in emergency situations;
- Data protection safeguards will ensure that personal data received under this Protocol will be protected
The provisions of the 2nd Additional Protocol will offer much added value, both from operational and policy perspectives shaping international criminal justice action on cybercrime and electronic evidence for many years to come. Adoption of the Protocol will keep the Convention on Cybercrime highly relevant and effective, standing for a vision of a free Internet, where restrictions are narrowly defined to counter misuse, and where only specific criminal offences are investigated and prosecuted.
Objectives
Expected outcomes
- Participants will be up-to-date and will have shared their views on current proposals on solutions aimed at enhanced international cooperation and access to electronic evidence, provided by the future 2nd Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention.
- Criminal justice authorities from Parties and Observers to the Budapest Convention will be better prepared to initiate internal procedures with a view of using the toolkit offered by the 2nd Additional protocol to the Budapest Convention once it is adopted and opened for signature.
Resources
- Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
- Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
- IAP & CoE Series of Webinars (IAP website)