In the past months Kiribati has been working on a comprehensive proposal for a cybercrime legislation that could enable its criminal justice sector to effectively tackle the increasing threat posed by cybercrime and its cross-border dimension.

With the aim to align this bill with the international standards provided by the Budapest Convention, Kiribati requested technical support to the Council of Europe and to the Australian Attorney General’s Department, who teamed up in the framework of the GLACY+ Project, to review the current draft and to produce a set of relevant recommendations.

The results of such study were presented and discussed with the representatives from the criminal justice sector and the legislators of Kiribati, during a three days workshop, organized online on 9, 10 and 16 December. The final report from the meeting is now expected to guide Kiribati in the process of finalizing the Cybercrime Bill and in defining possible next steps towards the accession of Kiribati to the Budapest Convention.

The activity took place in the context of a constant and engaged presence of the Council of Europe through the GLACY+ project in the Pacific area and of its ongoing partnership with the Attorney’s General Department of Australia.

The GLACY+ Project is a joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, aimed at strengthening the global criminal justice response to cybercrime and to the challenges posed by electronic evidence.