Webinar: The UN Convention Against Cybercrime – What to expect?

All organisational and individual members of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) are invited to join us for a webinar organised by the IAP on the UN Convention Against Cybercrime.

The United Nations Convention against Cybercrime was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 24 December 2024 in New York by resolution 79/243. The Convention is the first comprehensive global treaty on this matter, which provides States with a range of measures to be undertaken to prevent and combat cybercrime. It also aims to strengthen international cooperation in sharing electronic evidence for serious crimes.  The Convention opened for signature on 25 October 2025 at a signing ceremony held in Hanoi, Viet Nam, and will remain open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York until 31 December 2026. The Convention will enter into force after 40 States become Parties, with its implementation reviewed by the Conference of the States Parties.

The webinar will examine the UN Cybercrime Convention's background and present the main contents of the Chapters on criminalisation and international cooperation. The panellists will discuss the potential benefits for practitioners, as well as the risk factors that could impede the full implementation of the Convention.  

Both speakers were directly involved in the negotiations for the Convention.

Date/time:    Tuesday 24 March 2026, 10:00 hrs ET / 16:00 hrs CET

Speakers:

• Thomas Burrows, Associate Director (retd.), Office of International Affairs, United States Department of Justice, USA
• Judith Herrnfeld, Public Prosecutor, Federal Ministry of Justice, Austria

Facilitator: Irina Beridze, Executive Programme Manager, International Association of Prosecutors

This one-hour webinar will be held in English. No interpretation will be provided. However, attendees can access live automated interpretation and translated captions via the Zoom platform during the webinar. All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance. The webinar is open to all IAP organisational and individual members.

For more details, please contact Ms. Irina Beridze, Executive Programme Manager of the IAP, at epm@iap-association.org

We look forward to welcoming you at the webinar!