18th T-CY Plenary / 1st meeting of the Protocol Drafting Plenary

(Draft) Agenda

27 November (09h30) – 29 November 2017 (18h00)
Palais de l’Europe, Room 1, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

Plenary T-CY 18

1. Opening of the 18th Plenary and adoption of the agenda

T-CY(2017)23 Agenda 18th Plenary                               

2. Status of signatures, ratifications, accessions to the Budapest Convention and its Protocol

Participants are invited to discuss the status of signature, ratification or accession by specific countries.

3. Information provided by parties and observers – Tour de table

Participants are invited to present information on legislative developments, major cases, important events, training provided to other countries, including by international organisations etc.

Signatories and States invited to accede are invited to report on progress made towards ratification/accession to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and its Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism.

4. Dialogue with international organisations (T-CY observers)

Representatives of international organisations with observer status in the T-CY are invited to present relevant activities and engage in a dialogue with T-CY members. Observers include the African Union Commission, Commonwealth Secretariat, European Union (European Commission, Council of the European Union, ENISA, EUROJUST, EUROPOL), INTERPOL, ITU, OAS, OECD, OSCE, UNODC, and G7.

5. Financial resourcing of the T-CY for 2018/19

The Secretariat will inform participants on the state of financial resources available for the T-CY in 2018 and 2019.

Following the decision on T-CY financing taken at the 9th Plenary, Parties are invited to consider financial support to the T-CY through voluntary contribution to the Cybercrime@Octopus project.

T-CY(2013)22 Decisions 9th Plenary (Abridged meeting report)
 

6. Follow up to the Assessment Report on Mutual Legal Assistance*

The T-CY Bureau will present the draft report on follow up given by Parties and Observes to the recommendations on MLA based on information received from States.

Parties and Observer States are invited to present good practices and to discuss the findings in detail.

T-CY (2017)2 [Draft] Assessment report on Mutual Legal Assistance: Follow up given by Parties and Observers (version of September 2017)
 
7. Functioning of 24/7 points of contact

T-CY members are invited to consider in view of adoption the Opinion of the T-CY on the competent authority for issuing a preservation request under Articles 29 and 35 Budapest Convention (Document T-CY(2017)18).

T-CY (2017)18 [Draft] Opinion of the T-CY on the competent authority for issuing a preservation request under Articles 29 and 35 Budapest Convention
The Secretariat will provide information on the meeting of 24/7 points of contact held in The Hague (26-27 September 2017) and the most recent “Ping Test”.
Summary report Meeting of the 24/7 points of contact of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, The Hague, 26-27 September 2017
 
8. Cyberbullying Working Group

The T-CY Working Group on cyberbullying and other forms of online violence will present an update on the mapping study.

 

9. Case studies

Parties and Observers are invited to present one or two case studies on attacks against critical information infrastructure or other types of cybercrime.

10. Activities of capacity building projects and the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC)

Capacility building projects and C-PROC

C-PROC Activity report (October 2016 - September 2017) ENG/FR

11. Any other business

A social diner is organised on 28 November 2017.

12. Next meeting of the T-CY*

T-CY members are invited to decide on the proposal to hold T-CY 19 from 9 to 10 July 2018 prior to the Octopus Conference which is scheduled for 11 to 13 July 2018.

 
1st Meeting of the Protocol Drafting Plenary
1. Outcome of the 1st meeting of the Protocol Drafting Group (PDG)
T-CY members are invited to discuss the Summary Report of the 1st meeting of the PDG (19-20 September 2017)
T-CY (2017)21

Summary report of the 1st Meeting of the T-CY Protocol Drafting Group

T-CY(2017)3 Terms of Reference for the preparation of a draft 2nd Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime

2. Working methods and workplan

T-CY members are invited to review in view of approval the working methods and workplan as proposed by the PDG (Document T-CY(2017)20)

3. Inventory of provisions

T-CY members are invited to review in view of approval the initial inventory of provisions to be prepared as proposed by the PDG (Document T-CY(2017)19).
4. Concepts of provisions

T-CY members are invited to engage in substantive discussions on concepts of provisions for:

  • Requests in English language;
  • Audio-video hearings;
  • Emergency procedures for mutual legal assistance.