Speakers
  • Virgil SPIRIDON, Head of Operations, Cybercrime Programme Office, Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe
  • Victor VOELZOW, Council of Europe expert
  • Carlota URRUELA, ECTEG Capacity Building Officer
  • Claude EL-WETER, Internal Security Forces, Lebanon
  • Fernando FERNANDEZ LAZARO, Head of Digital Forensic Laboratory, Innovation Centre, INTERPOL
 Outline
 Date and time
  • Friday, 3 July 2020 | 11:00 AM UTC (14:00 EEST)
 Duration and format
  • 1h30' 
 Audience
  • Particularly useful for criminal justice sector representatives (judiciary, prosecutors, law enforcement agencies, and other relevant officials) involved in collecting and handling of e-evidence
 Language: English only

Background

The webinar will aim at presenting the international standards on collection and handling of e-evidence as covered by Electronic Evidence Guide and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) developed by international experts under the framework of capacity building projects implemented by the Council of Europe.

Moreover, the training programmes developed by European Cybercrime Training and Education Group (ECTEG) and Interpol will be introduced as to emphasis the international best practices to facilitate the reinforcement of capacities of Law Enforcement agencies on digital evidence.

During the webinar participants will be encouraged to share their views on the national regulations and best practices for collecting e-evidence and the training requirements as to develop sustainable skills and competence at domestic level.

Objectives

The webinar aims at presenting the international standards on collection and handling of e-evidence as covered by Electronic Evidence Guide and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) developed by international experts under the framework of capacity building projects implemented by the Council of Europe.

Moreover, the training programmes developed by European Cybercrime Training and Education Group (ECTEG) and INTERPOL will be introduced to emphasize the international best practices to facilitate the reinforcement of capacities of Law Enforcement agencies on digital evidence.

Expected outcomes

Participants will be encouraged to share their views on the national regulations and best practices for collecting e-evidence and the training requirements in this area, with the purpose of:

  • Learning about international standards and best practices to be followed by the first responders to the collection of electronic evidence
  • Increasing knowledge on the procedures of collection, seizing, transporting, analyzing and presentation of the e-evidence to Courts
  • Learning more about the capacities required for specialized computer forensic units dealing and international training programmes available for Law Enforcement agencies.

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