The ESCWA Cyber Legislation Digest
4.3
Capacity Building and Training Recommendations
The following recommendations are addressed at the capacity building and training level:
1.
To train legislators, judges and lawyers on cyber legislation.
2.
To organize national training workshops for judges, lawyers, technicians, members of
the prosecution, security forces and judicial officers.
3.
To stress the need to conduct regional meetings and conferences for experts in cyber
legislation.
4.
To prepare for the qualification of judicial officers and authorities.
5.
To appoint prosecution and special courts specialized in cyber legislation.
6.
To include subjects related to cyber legislation in the syllabuses of ICT colleges and
universities.
4.4
Recommendations for the Legislative Processes
The following are recommendations made to cover the process of legislation in various
countries:
1.
To ensure that legislation emanates from civil society, making it more authentic,
rather than import concepts and operations from outside the region. This can be
achieved through:
Publishing the proposed Cyber Legislations;
Improving transparency in the legislation process;
Widening the pool of stakeholders for formulation of cyber legislation.
2.
To encourage documentation of all discussions in legislative committees and teams.
3.
To develop the competence needed for formulating clear legislative texts including
official commentary on each of the articles.
4.
To develop methods of observation and fieldwork in parallel with the legislative
process.
5.
To document and make possible the recall of jurisprudence. This can be achieved by
conducting studies that rely on fieldwork, without restricting what may be published
of court decisions and decisions that resolve conflicts in cyberspace.
6.
To form groups specialized in cyberspace jurisprudence to help in publishing
judgments and case commentaries.
23