PILON - Pacific Islands Law Officers' Network

PILON Webinar - Cyberbullying: Cybercrime and Children in a Covid-19 World
2021-03-18 14:00 - 15:30 (Pacific/Tongatapu) | Videoconference
The first PILON webinar for the year, this webinar will be the first of a two part webinar series on Cybercrime and Children in a Covid-19 World.
Covid-19 has changed the world as we know it. While we have been forced to physically distance, we have become more connected through the internet, adapting to remote work, learning and video calls. Cybercriminals have adapted to our increased online engagement, rendering children more vulnerable than ever in this new criminal landscape. As the first of our two-part webinar on Cybercrime and Children in a Covid-19 world, our webinar on Cyberbullying will discuss the challenges of keeping our children safe when engaging with digital technology, as well as opportunities for adapting our laws and policies to prevent harmful practices.
Panellists for the webinar will be:

Ms Anne Dunn-Baleilevuka, Commissioner of the Fiji Online Safety Commission
Ms Kelly Tallon, Manager of Online Harm Policy at the Australian eSafety Commission
Ms Ella Serry, Assistant Manager, International Strategy and Futures at the Australian eSafety Commission
Professor Amanda Third (PhD), Professorial Research Fellow in the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University, who has undertaken a broad range of research in the region to understand the various opportunities and challenges associated with children’s digital technology practices

The webinar will be chaired by Chair of the Cybercrime Working Group, Attorney General of the Kingdom of Tonga, Ms Linda S Folaumoetu’i , and live scribed by graphic artist, Jessamy Gee.
A poster of the webinar will be available on the PILON website following the event.
Participants are encouraged to ask any questions they may have on the day through the Zoom chat function or by unmuting to ask their question.
We look forward to your attendance at the webinar and encourage you to share details of the event with your colleagues.

Please click here to register for this webinar.

Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence Legislation Training
2021-02-11 14:00 - 16:30 (Pacific/Apia)
We are pleased to advise that the Australian Federal Police’s Cyber Pasifika Program (CSP) in conjunction with the PILON Cybercrime Working Group will be hosting again training this Thursday 11 February 2021 at 2pm WST (11am AEDT) on ‘Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence Legislation’ via Zoom.

This event has been partnered with training from Facebook on Community Policies and Law Enforcement Outreach with presenters from Facebook and Leotrina Macomber from Tonga Crown Law. There will be an opportunity for participants to submit any questions they may have through the Slido App (link will be provided on the day) and these will be answered at the end of the presentations.

To register your interest, please email: Cyber-Safety-Pasifika@afp.gov.au

We look forward to seeing you at the training and encourage you to share details of the training with your wider network.

Cyber Legislation and Facebook Policy
2021-02-04 12:00 - 14:30 (Pacific/Apia)
We are pleased to advise that the Australian Federal Police’s Cyber Pasifika Program (CSP) in conjunction with the PILON Cybercrime Working Group will be hosting training this Thursday 4 February 2021 at 12pm WST (9am AEDT) on ‘Cyber Legislation and Facebook Policy’.

This has been partnered with training from Facebook on Community Policies and Law Enforcement Outreach with presenters from Facebook and Leotrina Macomber from Tonga Crown Law. There will be an opportunity for participants to submit any questions they may have through the Slido App (link will be provided on the day) and these will be answered at the end of the presentations.

To register your interest, please email: Cyber-Safety-Pasifika@afp.gov.au

We look forward to seeing you at the training.

PILON Webinar – Mutual Legal Assistance: Electronic Evidence and Cybercrime
2020-12-02 15:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Apia)
As the world becomes increasingly borderless and crime is more transnational in nature, Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) plays a crucial role in enabling effective cybercrime investigations and prosecutions. The PILON Cybercrime Working Group has developed the ‘PILON Mutual Legal Assistance Handbook: Electronic Evidence & Cybercrime’ as a resource to assist criminal justice practitioners in the Pacific with these challenges.
Guided by content contained in the handbook, the webinar will provide an overview of the MLA process including:

The relationship between MLA and cybercrime
Advice on making a request
The importance of MLA to criminal investigations and prosecutions
The process of gathering electronic evidence.

Additionally, panellists Senior Legal Officer Kilby Baker from the Australian Mutual Assistance Central Authority and Merran Cooke, Crown Counsel and Mutual Assistance Coordinator at New Zealand Crown Law will discuss two case studies from their MLA experiences, with the view to enhancing participants’ understanding of the MLA process in practice. For further information, please view the agenda.
Participants are able to submit questions via Slido up from now until the event commences using www.slido.com (event code #PILONMLAWebinar). Should participants have any questions arising during the Webinar, they will be able to ask them via the ‘chat’ function in Zoom. The event will be recorded and made available on the PILON website for public viewing thereafter. We look forward to your attendance and participation.
Please click here to register for this webinar.

PILON Week Webinar – The effects of COVID-19 on sexual and gender based violence in the Pacific
2020-11-13 14:00 - 15:00 (Pacific/Apia)
Please join us for a webinar to discuss the Impacts of COVID-19 on Sexual and Gender Based Violence in the Pacific. Please click here to register for this webinar.
The panel discussion will be chaired by the Samoan Attorney General, Ms Savalenoa Mareva Betham-Annandale and will contain presentations from Ms Stephanie Dunn of the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre, Mr Frank Fuaava, Pacific Transnational Crime Coordination Centre and Ms Marcia Kalinoe, Family and Sexual Violence Action Committee, PNG. We welcome any questions ahead of the event by emailing pilon@pilonsec.org.
About the panelists
Ms Stephanie Dunn is dedicated and passionate about working in an environment which promotes access to justice and works towards eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls. Stephanie was admitted to the Fiji Bar in August, 2013 she was with the Fijian Legal Aid Commission before joining the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC) as a Legal Officer in 2017. Since joining FWCC, Stephanie has been contributing to the fight towards elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls as well as promoting equal rights and opportunities for women. Ms Dunn will present on the particular challenges facing Fijian women and girls during the pandemic and associated lock downs and curfews in Fiji.
Mr Frank Fuaava joined the Ministry of Customs and Revenue in Samoa as an Investigations Officer in 2018. Prior to this Frank was with the Samoa Police Service for a period of seven years. Mr Fuaava is currently undertaking a six month secondment to the Pacific Transnational Crime Coordination Centre (PTCCC) in Apia, Samoa. The PTCCC is part of the Pacific Transnational Crime Network, a multi-agency law enforcement approach to combatting transnational crime in the Pacific. The PTCCC produces an annual assessment on behalf of the PTCN on transnational crime in the region and Mr Fuaava will be speaking to some of the findings and recommendations from the assessment.
Ms Marcia Kalinoe is the National Coordinator of the Family and Sexual Violence Action Committee in PNG. Marcia will speak about some suggestions in PNG for Policy Development and Legal Reform, following the tragic murder of the late Jenelyn Kennedy by her partner. Ms Kalinoe will also speak about some of the advocacy and communication messages to the community in PNG about family and sexual violence during COVID-19.

PILON Week Webinar - The effect of COVID-19 on corruption in the Pacific
2020-11-12 15:00 - 16:00 (Pacific/Apia)
The Pacific Islands Law Officers Network (PILON) invites you to a live webinar on the effects of COVID-19 on corruption in the Pacific. This event will be delivered in partnership with the United Nations Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption Project. Please click here to register for this webinar.

PILON Week Webinar - The effects of COVID-19 on cybercrime in the Pacific
2020-11-10 14:00 - 15:00 (Pacific/Apia)
The Pacific Islands Law Officers Network (PILON) invites you to a live webinar on the effects of COVID-19 on cybercrime in the Pacific. This event will be delivered in partnership with the Council of Europe. Please click here to register for this webinar.
Further information about the background and agenda: Download (PDF, 238.8 KB)

PILON Annual Meeting
2020-11-05 14:00 - 16:30 (Pacific/Apia)
