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2.
Each State Party shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the public
is aware of relevant bodies responsible for combating offences and other
unlawful acts in the area of ICT use referred to in this Convention, and provide
access to address such bodies to report any incidents that may be considered to
constitute offences and other unlawful acts in accordance with this Convention.
Chapter IV. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Section 1.
GENERAL
PRINCIPLES
OF
INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
Article 41. General principles of international cooperation
1.
The State Parties shall cooperate as much as possible in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter and pursuant to relevant international instruments
on international cooperation in criminal cases and agreements reached on the
basis of uniform or mutual legislations, as well as domestic laws with a view to
preventing, suppressing, detecting and investigating offences in the field of ICT
use.
2.
When the principle of mutual recognition is required to qualify an action
as an offence in dealing with international cooperation issues, the above
principle shall be considered as applicable irrespective of whether the law of the
requested State Party qualifies the action as the same offence category or
describe it with the same terms as the requesting State Party, in case the action
constituting an offence where assistance is requested is criminalized in
accordance with the legislations of both States Parties.
3.
Where appropriate and applicable under the domestic legal framework,
the States Parties shall consider providing assistance to each other in
investigation and prosecution of civil and administrative cases related to
unlawful acts in the area of ICT use.
4.
For the purpose of mutual legal assistance and extradition between the
States Parties, neither offence referred to in articles 6 -18 of this Convention
shall be considered as a political offence, an offence associated with a political