Commonwealth Cyber Journal

About the journal

The Commonwealth Cyber Journal (CCJ) is an annual journal published by the Commonwealth Secretariat that features peer-reviewed, policy-influencing articles and commentary by academics, policymakers, practitioners and experts on the benefits, challenges and risks of digital technologies. It seeks to analyse challenges and opportunities arising from different aspects of cybercrime, cyberlaw and cybersecurity, and to serve both as a toolkit and resource for practitioners, legislators, and academics cybercrime and as a decision support instrument for stakeholders (state/non-state actors) as they seek to strengthen their countries’ cyber legislation.

The journal’s areas of focus include but are not limited to: state actors and cyber warfare; ransomware and phishing; proceeds of crime; terrorism, privacy and security of data; intellectual property; infringement and counterfeit; online harassment and cyberstalking; election cybersecurity; virtual courts and electronic evidence; cybersecurity and the economy; digital currencies; and child online safety. Articles published in the journal specifically focus on the Commonwealth region, and/or include case studies concerning one or more Commonwealth countries; similarly, article authors are typically drawn from Commonwealth countries.
 

Call for papers: Volume 3, Issue 1

The Commonwealth Secretariat seeks papers for the third volume of the Commonwealth Cyber Journal (CCJ). The CCJ features scholarly articles and commentary by academics, policymakers, practitioners, and experts on cyberspace issues, including types, impacts, and emerging trends in Commonwealth member countries and globally. It also addresses the challenges and opportunities for building effective legal, policy, institutional, and multilateral frameworks for anti-cybercrime and cyber security.

Editors-in-Chief

Dr Nkechi Amobi
The Commonwealth Secretariat
Marlborough House
Pall Mall
St. James’s
London SW1Y 5HX
United Kingdom

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Editorial board members

• Dr Carina Kabajunga, Head of ICT, Commonwealth Secretariat, UK
• Dr Uchenna Jerome Orji, Assistant Professor of Law, American University of Nigeria
• John McKendrick KC, Barrister, Outer Temple Chambers UK
• Andrea Martin-Swaby, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of the Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Unit at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Jamaica
• Professor Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo, School of Law, University of Bradford; Vice-Chair, African Union Cyber Security Experts Group
• Professor Rob McCusker, Head of School of Social Sciences and Health, DGHE, UK; Visiting Professor, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia; Expert on Foresight and Innovation, Interpol
• Professor Nir Kshetri, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
• Dr Ukwuori Fadayiro, Chief Editor and Academic Writer, UKScienceProofreading (UKSP); Public Health Scientist and Project Manager on Interreg EU France (Channel) England project, Rivers Trust, UK
• Vashti Maharaji, Advisor on Digital Trade Policy, Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda, Commonwealth Secretariat, UK
• Alison Holt, e-Judiciary Adviser to the Chief Justice, Papua New Guinea
• Professor Geeta Oberoi, Vivekanand School of Law and Legal Studies, VIPS-TC, Delhi, India
• Justice Dr Adam Mambi, Judge of the High Court of Tanzania

Advisory board

• Dr Sylvia Anie CSci FRSM FRSC (ABM), Senior Program Manager/Consultant, Global Health, National Institute for Health and Care Research, UK
• Professor Dan Svantesson, Professor of Law, Bond University, Australia
• Dan Suter, Principal Policy Advisor, National Cyber Policy Office, National Security Group, Department of the Prime Minister, and Cabinet, New Zealand
• Su’a Hellene Wallwork, Attorney-General, Samoa
• HHJ Martin Picton, Director of International Training, Judicial College, UK
• Donald K Piragoff, KC, retired, formerly Senior Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy), Department of Justice, Canada