11 NOVEMBER, 9.15-10.30  

Prosecutors are central to ensuring that perpetrators of cybercrimes face justice. Successfully prosecuting cybercrime cases requires understanding the wide range of crimes against and involving computers, including the different ways they may target and affect women and men. It also involves being able to access and appropriately make use of electronic evidence, which may include sensitive personal data. Ensuring that women are well represented as prosecutors – at all levels of seniority – also enables prosecution services to respond more effectively to cybercrimes against women. 

Drawing on experience from prosecutors from across the world, this workshop will showcase how women are contributing to the effective prosecution of cybercrime cases, and identify what is needed to further promote the role of women in this sphere. It will also explore how to improve the prosecution of cybercrimes against women. 

This workshop is co-hosted by the International Association of Prosecutors. 

• Moderator: Esther George, International Association of Prosecutors 
• Rapporteur: Ranjani Padmanabhan, Principal Federal Prosecutor, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Australia 
• Secretariat: Denise Mazzolani, CyberSouth project, Council of Europe Cybercrime Programme Office