The Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (2AP) provides solutions to challenges faced by criminal justice authorities regarding the disclosure of electronic evidence across borders. Opened for signature in 2022, many Parties to the Convention on Cybercrime are now in the process of implementing this Protocol in domestic law prior to ratification.  The purpose of this session is to explore the expectations and benefits of this Protocol from the perspectives of (a) criminal justice practitioners and (b) private sector entities, that is, service providers in particular. It will furthermore provide examples of how governments go about implementing this Protocol in domestic law.

• Introduction to the session and to the Second Protocol
• Use cases:  Obtaining the disclosure of electronic evidence now and in the future under the 2AP
• Expectations
• Towards implementation and ratification of the Second Protocol
• Conclusions