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Three Days of Training for Judges on Cybercrime
Investigation Techniques and the Consideration of Electronic
Evidence From
August 8 to 10, more than 35 judges from Antigua and Barbuda, The
Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname and
Trinidad and Tobago, will participate in the OAS/REMJA Cybercrime
Regional Workshop
for Judges of the Caribbean at Montego
Bay, Jamaica. The aim of the Workshop is
for the participating judges of the region to obtain new tools and
knowledge to tackle cybercrime and electronic evidence. Furthermore
it is expected to promote the exchange of experiences and the
creation of a network of contacts and collaboration among the
judicial authorities of the region.
Jamaica and its
Cybercrime Strategy
Presently, Jamaica
is among the principal countries in the
Caribbean in the fight against cybercrime.
Its cybercrime strategy provides a vision for being an innovation
hub on prevention and detection of cybercrime for the region.[SR1]
Jamaica introduced the Cybercrimes Act, 2015, replacing its 2010
legislation. This new Act introduces new offenses, such as: computer
related fraud or forgery, use of computer for malicious
communication, and the unauthorized disclosure of an investigation.
In addition, this new Law establishes that cybercrime is dynamic and
continuously evolving.
For this reason, the Act provides that a review is to take place in
2018, to determine whether the Act needs to be modified to address
new developments.
About the OAS/REMJA and the US Justice
Department Cybercrime Training Program The training program is
part of the cooperation process through which the Meeting of
Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the
Americas (REMJA) seeks to provide concrete assistance to the justice
systems of the countries of the Americas. The challenges that
cybercrime poses for States, such as its transnational nature and
the complexities arising from the sophistication of its different
forms, prompted REMJA to establish a Working Group that specifically
promotes hemispheric legal cooperation on such matters.
To that end, the training
program has become a prominent feature of that cooperation under the
leadership of the Chair of the REMJA Working Group on Cybercrime.
This training program has carried out workshops for more than a
decade, imparted by the Department of Justice of the United States
with cooperation resources provided by that country’s government. The 38 regional technical
workshops held to date have provided training to more than
2500 participants, including lawmakers,
judges, prosecutors, and investigators, covering such subjects as
investigation and prosecution techniques, admissibility of
electronic and digital evidence, and drafting laws based on the
Budapest Convention.
In addition, countries such as Argentina have replicated the workshops at the provincial level, extending the training to judges and prosecutors nationwide, as well as promoting cooperation among their various judicial bodies. |
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