PGA congratulates Vanuatu on its recent ratification of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, as well as Fiji on the same occasion signing the Second Additional Protocol on enhanced cooperation and sharing of electronic evidence to the Budapest Convention.

PGA's Global Parliamentary Campaign against Cybercrime actively promotes universalization of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, as well as its two Additional Protocols,  including in the Pacific Islands region. We partner with the Council of Europe worldwide and many relevant regional organizations in promoting this key treaty to effectively address cybercrime.

The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, adopted in 2001, has been ratified by 80 States worldwide to date and 50 States have now also signed its Second Additional Protocol on enhanced cooperation and sharing of electronic evidence. It was the first — and remains the preeminent — international treaty seeking to address cybercrime by harmonizing national laws related to cybercrime, improving investigative techniques and fostering international cooperation.

PGA organized a Regional Pacific Islands Workshop to Address Cybercrime in Fiji in May 2024 in which numerous prominent MPs from Fiji and across the region participated. Attendees included then Speaker of Parliament and now President of Fiji, Hon. Ratu Niqama Lalabaluva, as well as the then First Deputy Speaker and current Minister of Internal Affairs of Vanuatu, PGA Member Hon. Andrew Solomon Napuat.

Fiji deposited its Instrument of Accession to the Budapest Convention in June 2024, approximately six weeks after the conclusion of this regional PGA Workshop.