The formula of the Budapest Convention as the common standard backed up by the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) and capacity building through Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) continues to ensure impact. With the future Second Additional Protocol on enhanced cooperation and disclosure of electronic evidence, the mechanism of the Budapest Convention is likely to remain the most relevant international standard for years to come.

Parliamentarians, both as advocates and as lawmakers, fully mobilized, can make a substantive and decisive impact in promoting universality and implementation of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and its First Additional Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism, as well as generating wider awareness of the forthcoming Second Additional Protocol, accompanied by necessary safeguards to ensure adequate privacy and data protections, as appropriate. 

Find out more on our dedicated webpage of the regional webinars.

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•  Parliamentarians and other relevant policy makers from countries in Africa, the Caribbean region, Asia/Pacific and Latin America
•   2h each

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 2^nd Additional Protocol to permit instant cooperation in urgent and emergency situations subject to human rights and rule of law safeguards.

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•  [TBD]
•  Criminal justice authorities from countries of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific
•  2h each

La criptografía es uno de los principales facilitadores tecnológicos de la tecnología tan ampliamente utilizada por el público. Sin esta herramienta, la poca confianza en Internet habría impedido que la red creciera tanto. Sin embargo, el conocimiento de la criptografía no se ha cubierto lo suficiente en el contexto de la capacitación policial. 

La capacitación tiene como objetivo proporcionar el conocimiento y la comprensión conceptual de la criptografía necesarios para los funcionarios de la autoridad de justicia penal, incluidos conceptos criptográficos y criptografía aplicada.

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Los participantes recomendados incluirán:

• Agentes encargados de hacer cumplir la ley cuyo trabajo diario implica delitos cibernéticos y pruebas electrónicas
• Fiscales y jueces que quieran aprender y participar en este tema
• Instructores de instituciones gubernamentales responsables de la capacitación sobre el tema 

  1h 30 cada seminario

Bullying is a worldwide problem, with negative and sometimes fatal consequences. The increased use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has taken bullying online and there is a blurring of the line between bullying offline and cyber-bullying. In addition, the anonymity of the internet has scaled up the dimension of violence seen in bullying, and acts of cyber-bullying increasingly fall into the realm of criminal offences which necessitate the involvement of law enforcement.

The purpose of this webinar is to shed light on the role of law enforcement in the fight against cyber-bullying. This webinar will bring together speakers working on cyber-bullying from different angles: prevention initiatives, legal measures and law enforcement investigations, child protection mechanisms and psychological support. In particular, this webinar will provide guidance to law enforcement and other relevant actors to identify cases of cyberbullying in need of a criminal investigation, to be aware of existing prevention measures, and to be mindful of the psychological aspects relating to both victims and bullies.

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 Elizabeth MILOVIDOV, Council of Europe Expert  | Susanna GREIJER, Council of Europe Expert

       Andrea BRADLEY, Council of Europe Expert | Nina VAARANEN-VALKONEN, Council of Europe Expert

  Officials and policy makers responsible for protection of children against all forms of violence, including cyberbullying, as well as human rights specialists, criminal justice authorities (judges, prosecutors, law enforcement agencies), non-governmental organisations and researchers/academia with an interest in the subject.

  2h 30 min 

As proposed in the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) Mapping study on cyberviolence: “Cyberviolence is the use of computer systems to cause, facilitate, or threaten violence against individuals that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering and may include the exploitation of the individual’s circumstances, characteristics or vulnerabilities.”

The purpose of this webinar is to discuss current state of hate speech expressed through the use of information and communications technology, and to identify effective and balanced ways in which restrictive measures can address it.

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 Menno ETTEMA | Albin DEARING | Katrin NYMAN METCALF

  Officials and policy makers responsible for hate spreech, as well as human rights specialists, criminal justice authorities (judges, prosecutors, law enforcement agencies), non-governmental organisations and researchers/academia with an interest in the subject

  1h 30 min (45' presentations and dedicated questions + 45' general discussions)

La cryptographie est un outil habilitant essentiel permettant à la technologie de l’information d’être si largement accueillie par le public. Sans cet outil, la faible confiance en Internet aurait empêché le développement considérable du réseau. Cependant, le domaine de la cryptographie n’a pas été traité suffisamment pendant la formation des policiers. 

La formation vise à fournir des connaissances et une compréhension conceptuelle de la cryptographie nécessaire aux responsables de l'autorité de justice pénale, notamment : essentiels du hachage et cryptographie, cryptographie symétrique, cryptographie asymétrique, confiance en Internet: certificats numériques, fondamentaux des crypto-monnaies.

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•   fonctionnaires représentant les autorités de justice pénale (agents de police, procureurs, juges et autres professionnels, formateurs d'institutions gouvernementales responsables de la formation sur le même sujet)
•   1h 30 chacun

Since onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic, majority of affected societies had to adjust to living and working online, safe, thus making free and uninterrupted access to information and communication technology more important than ever before. Naturally, this shift has brought questions and concerns related but not limited to privacy and security of such communications.

The purpose of the webinar is to provide a practical and down-to-earth discussion about the current state of human rights safeguards and guarantees applicable to state policies, regulations and measures to ensure security of cyberspace, against the background of COVID-19 pandemic.

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 Katrin NYMAN METCALF | Marko JURIC | Eve HUNTER

  Officials and policymakers responsible for cybercrime and cybersecurity, as well as human rights specialists, criminal justice authorities (judges, prosecutors, law enforcement agencies), non-governmental organisations and researchers/academia with an interest in the subject.

  2h (1h presentations and dedicated questions + 1h general discussions)

Cryptography is the one of the core technological enabler of the information technology being so widely received by the public. Without it, the little trust in the Internet would have prevented the network to grow so large. However, the knowledge of cryptography has not been covered enough in the context of the law enforcement training. 

The training aims to provide knowledge and conceptual understanding of cryptography necessary for the criminal justice authority officials, including: Hash and crypto essentials;  Symmetric cryptography; Asymmetric cryptography; Trust in Internet - digital certificates; Fundamentals of Crypto-currencies

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•  Dong Uk KIM | Alvaro ORTIGOSA | Carlos PIMENTEL | Belhassen ZOUARI | Mark van STAALDUINEN | 
•   Officials from criminal justice authorities (law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges and others, instructors of governmental institutions responsible for the training on the same topic 
•   1h 30 each

The purpose of this webinar is to discuss in depth cyberviolence against women and girls from the perspective of relevant topics that are inherently connected to the use of information and communications technology, and to incentivise countries in the Eastern Partnership region to ratify the Istanbul Convention.

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•  Johanna NELLES | Carolina LASEN DIAZ | Artur DEGTEARIOV | Lela AKIASHVILI
•  Officials and policy makers responsible for cybercrime and cybersecurity, as well as violence against women and domestic violence, criminal justice authorities (judges, prosecutors, law enforcement agencies), non-governmental organisations and researchers/academia with an interest in the subject
•  1h30' (55' presentations and dedicated questions + 35' general discussions)

This regional workshop organised by the PILON Cybercrime Working Group will be dedicated to tackle the current cybercrime challenges in the COVID-19 context in the region and encourage the sharing of experiences and best practices on matters related to cybercrime and electronic evidence.

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•  Jung Kee YOU | Patricia FEMIA | Virgil SPIRIDON
•  Cybercrime policy makers, criminal justice and law enforcement professionals from PILON member countries
•  1h30

Participants will be up-to-date and will have shared their views on current proposals on solutions aimed at more effective and efficient access to electronic evidence, including through the future 2nd Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention.

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•  Cheol-kyu HWANG | Alexander SEGER | Marcos SALT (TBC) | Esther GEORGE | Ioana ALBANI
•  Judiciary and prosecutors from countries of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific
•  2h 

Cooperation between criminal justice authorities and the private sector, in particular service providers, is essential to protect societies against crime.

The webinar aims to highlight the challenges encountered so far in putting in place strong and reliable collaboration channels between the criminal justice sector and international service providers, and to provide an overview of possible solutions to be considered next.

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•  Alexander SEGER | Foy SHIVER | Richard LEANING | Facebook | INTERPOL | Chile rep
•   Officials from criminal justice authorities only (police, prosecutors and others)
•   2h

This series of three webinars is organized as part of the E-FIRST Course for law enforcement from 14 to 30 September 2020 provided under the framework of GLACY+ Project. The webinars will also be open to observers who are not participating in the course.

 The real-time webinars cover three important topics selected from the E-FIRST course: Crime Scene and Live Data, Mobile Network and Devices, and Virtual Asset Seizure.

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•  Dong Uk KIM | Carlota URRUELA | Fabio BRUNO | Mike O’CALLAGHAN | Christopher CHURCH | Vincent DANJEAN | Sandi PIRC | Sang-Eun Christine LEE
•   Officials from criminal justice authorities only (police, prosecutors and others)
•   1h each

This series of webinars, hosted by the European Union and the Council of Europe, aims to facilitate the new UN process through the sharing of experience between criminal justice practitioners, who are to be the beneficiaries of a future UN treaty on cybercrime, and foreign policy experts, who will be involved in the negotiation of this treaty.

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•  Camino KAVANAH | Claudio PEGUERO | Marcos SALT | Irma Llano PEREIRA | Emilia NAVAS APARICIO 
•   Foreign affairs officials and cybercrime and criminal justice experts from national authorities only
•   1h45'

This series of webinars, hosted by the European Union and the Council of Europe, aims to facilitate the new UN process through the sharing of experience between criminal justice practitioners, who are to be the beneficiaries of a future UN treaty on cybercrime, and foreign policy experts, who will be involved in the negotiation of this treaty.

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•  François DELERUE | Papa Assane TOURE | Alexander SEGER | Sidi RALIOU | Hamza ES SAID | Issa Saferiba FAYAMA
•   Foreign affairs officials and cybercrime and criminal justice experts from national authorities only
•   1h45'

The purpose of the webinar is to present 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.

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•  Victor VOELZOW | Carlota URRUELA | Claude EL-WETER | Fernando FERNANDEZ LAZARO | Virgil SPIRIDON (moderator)
•   Officials from national authorities (judiciary, prosecutors, law enforcement agencies and others) dealing with electronic evidence
•   2h

This series of webinars, hosted by the European Union and the Council of Europe, aims to facilitate the new UN process through the sharing of experience between criminal justice practitioners, who are to be the beneficiaries of a future UN treaty on cybercrime, and foreign policy experts, who will be involved in the negotiation of this treaty.

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•  Patryk PAWLAK | Jayantha FERNANDO | Alexander SEGER | Markk PERETE | Leotrina MACOMBER
•   Foreign affairs officials and cybercrime and criminal justice experts from national authorities only
•   1h45'

Le but de ce webinaire est de présenter le sujet de la cyberviolence du point de vue de sujets pertinents qui sont intrinsèquement liés à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des communications.

Bien qu'il ne soit pas exhaustif en termes de portée et de couverture des formes respectives de cyberviolence, ce webinaire sera une introduction à la série de webinaires dédiés qui se concentrera davantage sur des thèmes et des domaines spécifiques discutés pendant l'événement.

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•  Betty SHAVE |  Katarzyna WOLSKA-WRONA | Menno ETTEMA | Giorgi JOKHADZE (Moderator)
•  Fonctionnaires des décideurs politiques responsables de la cybercriminalité et de la cybersécurité, autorités de justice pénale (juges, procureurs, forces de l'ordre), personnel des CSIRT nationaux, ainsi que des organisations non gouvernementales et des chercheurs / universitaires intéressés par le sujet.
•  1h30' (50' présentations et questions + 40' discussions)

Les faits montrent qu'Internet est de plus en plus utilisé par les organisations terroristes comme plate-forme de communication pour faciliter les contacts entre les membres, diffuser du matériel de propagande et transmettre des informations sur les actes de terrorisme planifiés, ainsi que leur soutien matériel.

Ce webinaire abordera la réponse de la justice pénale au terrorisme cybernétique, les normes internationales dans ce domaine, ainsi que les bonnes pratiques et les domaines problématiques pour enquêter sur les attaques terroristes et assurer une réponse coordonnée.

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•  Fernando PUERTO MENDOZA | Balques AL RADWAN | Philippe VAN LINTHOUT | Jan KERKHOFS | Giulia LUCCHESE | Alexander SEGER (Moderator)
•   Fonctionnaires des autorités nationales et pénales et décideurs politiques impliqués dans la cybercriminalité et la lutte contre le terrorisme
•   2h

Le but de ce webinaire est d'identifier les menaces actuelles contre les systèmes d'information critiques qui sont utilisés pour organiser, conduire ou soutenir le processus électoral.

Des informations seront fournies sur les aspects juridiques, organisationnels, techniques et autres, en signalant les lacunes actuelles et en faisant des recommandations pour garantir davantage la protection et la dissuasion contre de telles attaques.

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•  Andrii OKAEVICH | Merle MAIGRE | Matthew MOORHEAD | Giorgi JOKHADZE (Moderator)
•  Fonctionnaires des décideurs politiques responsables de la cybercriminalité et de la cybersécurité, autorités de justice pénale (juges, procureurs, forces de l'ordre), personnel des CSIRT nationaux, ainsi que des chercheurs / universitaires intéressés par le sujet.
•  50’ présentations + 40’ discussions

La pandémie de COVID-19 affecte les individus et les sociétés et, par conséquent, de nombreux domaines dépendent plus que jamais de la technologie. Les criminels voient également la possibilité de s'adapter aux changements qui se produisent dans la société et en relation avec leurs victimes potentielles et, comme la pandémie n'a pas disparu du jour au lendemain, ils ont également déplacé leurs activités criminelles vers le monde en ligne.

Les enfants sont également vulnérables aux menaces croissantes en ligne qui sont plus présentes sur Internet, étant donné que les cours scolaires sont également dispensés à distance.

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•  Virgil SPIRIDON| Ovidiu MĂJINĂ| Cathal DELANEY| Guillermo GALARZA| İbrahim ÖZDEMİR
•   Fonctionnaires des autorités nationales et du secteur de la justice pénale impliqués dans la prévention et la lutte contre l'exploitation et les abus sexuels des enfants sur Internet
•   max. 100 participants
•   1h15' présentations + 45' discussions

Le webinaire fournit des informations pour comprendre Modi Operandi des délits financiers liés à COVID-19 avec l'introduction de cas transnationaux coordonnés par l'unité des crimes financiers d'INTERPOL.

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•  Muhammad IMRAN | Jung Kee YOU
•   Personnel chargé de l'application des lois et de la justice pénale en particulier
•   1h30'

Le but de ce webinaire est d'identifier les moyens d'améliorer la coopération entre les autorités de justice pénale et les acteurs de la cybersécurité, notamment en identifiant les rôles et responsabilités mutuels dans les enquêtes sur la cybercriminalité.

Le webinaire présentera les bonnes pratiques adoptées dans l'UE, telles qu'analysées par l'Agence de l'Union européenne pour la cybersécurité, ENISA.

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•  Silvia PORTESI | Alexandra MICHOTA | Sachindra REECHAYE | Giorgi JOKHADZE
•   Personnel de justice pénale et CERT / CSIRT en particulier
•   45' présentations + 45' discussions

Le webinaire vise à donner un aperçu des défis auxquels sont confrontées les autorités de justice pénale en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes, en faisant référence à la législation et aux politiques en matière de cybercriminalité, aux enquêtes et poursuites, à la coopération internationale.

Les discussions sont axées sur l'identification des priorités pour la région à court et moyen terme, qui seront traitées par des initiatives ciblées de renforcement des capacités.

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•  Claudio PEGUERO | Marcos SALT | Camila BOSCH-CARTAGENA | Fredy BAUTISTA
•   Fonctionnaires des autorités nationales en particulier
•   45' présentations + 45' discussions
•  Uniquement en espagnol

De nos jours, les sociétés comptent plus que jamais sur les TIC, ce qui a des conséquences directes pour les services de police modernes qui doivent concentrer leurs enquêtes sur l'environnement en ligne et sur les nouveaux délits générés par la technologie.

La réponse appropriée aux défis posés par la cybercriminalité et les preuves électroniques devrait être fournie par le biais d'unités spécialisées dotées d'outils juridiques et techniques.

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•  Virgil SPIRIDON | Daniel CUCIURIANU | Gustav Herbert YANKSON | Dong Uk KIM
•   Officiers de police seulement
•   max. 100 participants
•   45' présentations + 45' discussions

À la fin du mois de février de cette année, 106 (ou 55%) membres des Nations Unies avaient mis en place une législation nationale pour criminaliser les délits contre et au moyen d'ordinateurs, largement conformes à la Convention de Budapest sur la cybercriminalité.

Ce webinaire donne un aperçu de l'état de la législation sur la cybercriminalité dans le monde, illustré par des exemples de réformes en cours.

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•  Alexander SEGER | Deborah WEISS | Momodou JALLOW
•   Fonctionnaires des autorités nationales en particulier
•   max. 100 participants
•   45' présentations + 45' discussions

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• Confirmation email. Our webinars have a limited number of participants, due to the technical capacity and/or other specific needs. Certain webinars may also be restricted to a specific audience. Please note that the registration should be considered final only after the receipt of the confirmation email, one day before the scheduled webinar.
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• Keep the webcam and microphone turned off during presentations. Even if you are logged-in in listening mode, check that your webcam and microphone are off. Turn on your microphone during the time allocated for discussions, if you would like to address a question or make a remark, and make sure to turn it back off after your intervention.
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• Wait for your turn. Most webinars will host many participants from around the world, so Internet connection quality may vary and you may experience noticeable delays when someone speaks. Be patient and make sure that the speaker has finished before intervening. You may need to rely on cues such as questions posted/announced in the chat.
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