Resources Octopus 2019

opening plenary opening plenary

Opening remarks

Speech by Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General, Council of Europe

Criminal justice and the rule of law in cyberspace: challenges

Presentations:

The 1% problem: How relevant is the criminal justice response?, Alexander Seger, Head of Cybercrime Division, Council of Europe

Resources:

Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2019, Europol
Common challenges in combating cybercrime, Eurojust/Europol, June 2019
Countering the Cyber Enforcement Gap: Strengthening Global Capacity on Cybercrime, Third Way, October 2019
T-CY (2015)10 Discussion paper: Criminal justice access to data in the cloud: Challenges, Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY), May 2015

Responses to cybercrime: what are the good news?

Presentations:

Results of capacity building and impact on legislation, Alexander Seger, Head of Cybercrime Division, Council of Europe
Example of Fiji, Deborah Weiss, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications, Republic of Fiji

Resources:

The global state of cybercrime legislation 2013-2019: a cursory overview, Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), July 2019
Capacity building on cybercrime: C-PROC activities and results October 2018-September 2019 EN / FR
Budapest Convention:
- Convention on Cybercrime (CETS 185) | Protocol on Xenophia and Racism (CETS 189)
- Guidance Notes
- Enhanced international cooperation: Towards a second Protocol

WORKSHOPS 1, 2, 3, 5 WORKSHOPS 1, 2, 3, 5

WS 1 - Online child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse (OCSEA): mapping responses

Presentations:

Baseline mapping, Victoria Baines, Experts at EndOCSEA@Europe
End Violence: Global threats and trends, Amy Crocker, End Violence Against Children
Cooperation at National and International Level, Andreas Hautz, Jugendschutz.net
Countering online sexual exploitation of children: a Philippines perspective, Atty. Angela Maria M. De Gracia, Department of Justice, Philippines

Resources:

Member States’ responses to prevent and combat OCSEA: Baseline mapping, 2019
Mechanisms for collective action to prevent and combat OCSEA: A comparative review, 2019
Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Convention)
Council of Europe Children's Rights Division | EndOCSEA @ Europe project, 2018-2020
Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment, 2018
Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021)
T-CY (2017)10 Mapping study on cyberviolence, T-CY, July 2018
Multi-sectorial co-operation to prevent and combat OCSEA, Conference report, July 2019
Strengthening civil society participation in the implementation and monitoring of the Lanzarote Convention, Conference report and Strategic priorities, July 2019

WS 2 - Data protection and criminal justice: what are the issues?

Presentations:

Conditions for obtaining subscriber information in relation to dynamic versus static IP addresses, Alexander Seger, Council of Europe
Mapping criminal infrastructures from "patient zero" using WHOIS, David Piscitello, Interisle Consulting Group
Data retention: implications of court decisions?, Jan Kerkhofs, Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office
Data protection and criminal justice: what are the issues? The ICANN perspective, Elena Plexida, ICANN

Resources:

T-CY (2018)26 Discussion paper: Conditions for obtaining subscriber information – dynamic versus static IP addresses, T-CY, October 2018
T-PD(2019)3 Inclusion of data protection safeguards relating to law enforcement trans-border access to data in the 2nd Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention, May 2019
Provisional Answers from the Committee of Convention 108 to the Discussion paper for the Octopus Conference, July 2018
ECHR Chamber judgements:
- Benedik v. Slovenia, 2018
- Big Brother Watch and others v. UK, 2018
- Centrum för Rättvisa v. Sweden, 2018
- K.U. v. Finland, 2008
Data Protection/Privacy Issues, ICANN resources
ICANN GDPR and WHOIS Users Survey, Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), October 2018
2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (executive summary), Verizon

WS 3 - Cooperation on cybercrime and cybersecurity: from incidents response to criminal justice

Presentations:

Cooperation and handling incidents, Sabin Popescu, CERT-RO
Case study: major attack on critical infrastructure, Olexandr Bakalynskyi, CERT-UA
Cyber Security in Georgia: current trends and future plans, David Kvatadze, Georgia
Capacity building example: CyberEast project, Giorgi Jokhadze, C-PROC
Workshop 3: online poll results

Resources:

Cybercrime and cybersecurity strategies in the Eastern Partnership (EAP) region, updated report, January 2019
ENISA reports:
- Cooperation between CSIRTs and Law Enforcement (LE), January 2019
- Improving Cooperation between CSIRTs and LE, December 2017
- Tools and Methodologies to Support CSIRTs-LE Cooperation, December 2017
- Information sharing and common taxonomies between CSIRTs and LE, January 2016
Action Document for EU4Digital: Improving Cyber Resilience in the EAP Countries

WS 5 - Cybercrime, “fake news” and election interference

Presentations:

Why is election interference not prosecuted?, Kannan Gnanasihamani, Attorney-General's Chambers, Singapore

Resources:

Report on digital technologies and elections, European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), June 2019
Conclusions of the 15th European Conference of electoral management bodies on “Security in elections”, April 2018
T-CY(2019)4 Guidance Note on election interference, T-CY, July 2019
Understanding Information Disorder
Information Disorder : Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policy making
Responsible Reporting in an Age of Information Disorder
Analysis: Estonia Case Study of Scalable Ecosystem Fostering Secure I-voting
European Union Members Share Advice on Cyber Security of Elections
Cyberspace - Just Another Domain of Election Interference?

Workshop 4 - consultations Workshop 4 - consultations

WS 4 - Evidence in cyberspace: multi-stakeholder consultation on the Protocol to the Budapest Convention

Presentation:

Consultations: context, work underway, etc.

Resources:

Protocol negotiations web-page
Consultations web-page
Discussion guide for consultations [EN / FR]
Provisional draft text of provisions [EN / FR / ES] revised on 8 November 2019

Written comments:

Closing Plenary Closing Plenary

Results of workshops:

Octopus take-aways

NEW Lightning sessions

Current future challenges

Human rights and artificial intelligence, Patrick Penninckx, Council of Europe
Council of Europe and AI
European Ethical Charter on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in judicial systems and their environment, CEPEJ, December 2018