About the project
This project, sponsored by the European Commission, consists of
three major seminars in London (Queen Mary, University of London),
Lisbon (Centre of Judicial Studies) and Trier (Academy of European Law -
ERA).
Each seminar has had a specific focus:
- Seminar 1 (London, 11-12 November 2010):
"Cybercrime: developing the legal framework in Europe – national
experiences with regard to the implementation of cybercrime
instruments";
- Seminar 2 (Lisbon, 17-18 March 2011):
"Fighting cybercrime and child pornography on the internet – cooperation
with the internet industry";
- Seminar 3 (Trier, 10-11 November 2011):
"Fighting cybercrime: the cooperation between law enforcement agencies
and the internet industry to fight cybercrime".
Contents of the seminar
Building on the first two seminars in London and Lisbon, the third and
last event of the series is intended as a platform to debate and assess
effective cooperation between law enforcement agencies and the internet
industry to prevent, detect and respond to crimes committed using
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).
During the seminar, the most recent European legal acts and
complementary measures such as the Council of Europe Convention on
Cybercrime (2001) and the two new proposals for directives to replace
Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA on attacks against information
systems and Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA on combating the
sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, will be analysed.
After the introductory lectures by national, EU and Council of Europe
experts, panels of experts from the public and private sectors (Ebay,
Facebook, Microsoft, Symantec and Vodafone), will discuss the concrete
implementation of these measures at domestic level and the differences
in national legislative acts which impede the effective fight against
cybercrime.