Commonwealth Cyber Journal

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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 4, Issue 1

The Commonwealth Secretariat is seeking papers for the fourth volume of the CCJ. This issue will respond to the rapidly evolving cybercrime and cybersecurity threat landscape: the rise of AI-enabled cyberattacks, the expansion of cyberwarfare capabilities, the proliferation of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), the increasing exploitation of supply chain vulnerabilities, and escalating threats to critical infrastructure. Collectively, these trends are driving unprecedented financial losses and large-scale data breaches worldwide.

The editor invites contributions from academics, policymakers, practitioners and technical experts that critically examine these developments and the legal, policy, institutional and multilateral responses required to address them.

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Editor-in-Chief

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

[email protected] / [email protected]

Editorial board members

  • Dr Carina Kabajunga, Chief Data Officer and Associate Director, UNICEF, Tanzania
  • Professor Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo, Professor of Law and Technology at Leeds Law School, UK
  • 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
  • Dr Claire Adionyi, Lecturer, Strathmore University Law School, Kenya
  • Dr Lesedi Mashumba, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
  • Professor Delano Cole van der Linde, Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Law, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Osmal Wood, Advisor on Digital Innovation and Digital Strategy, Commonwealth Secretariat, UK
  • Anslem Charles, Advisor on Infrastructure and Architecture, ICT Data and Analytics Section, Commonwealth Secretariat, UK
  • Dr Gomolemo Moshoeu, Chief Executive Officer of the South African Judicial Education Institute, South Africa
  • 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, Independent legal counsel and consultant.

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

Call for Papers: Commonwealth Cyber Journal, Volume 4

This forthcoming issue of the CCJ, now calling for papers, will respond to the rapidly evolving cybercrime and cybersecurity threat landscape: the rise of AI-enabled cyberattacks, the expansion of cyberwarfare capabilities, the proliferation of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), the increasing exploitation of supply chain vulnerabilities, and escalating threats to critical infrastructure.

Collectively, these trends are driving unprecedented financial losses and large-scale data breaches worldwide.
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Commonwealth Cyber Journal: Volume 3

This edition of the Commonwealth Cyber Journal brings to the forefront key issues that demand our collective attention and action. We are proud to present articles offering insights and practical approaches to protecting critical information infrastructure, an area of growing concern as essential services and national assets increasingly rely on interconnected systems. Lessons shared in this edition highlight the vulnerabilities of member countries and the innovative strategies being deployed to secure these vital sectors. As digital platforms become arenas for harassment, coercion, and harm, the need for a coordinated response rooted in human rights and gender-sensitive approaches becomes more paramount. The contributions in this issue challenge us to consider how cyber policies practices and guidelines may better protect the most vulnerable among us.
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Commonwealth Cyber Journal: Volume 2

This second edition of the CCJ focuses on AI: its first five articles, collected together in the special section on AI, address emerging threats and employ AI approaches to improving cybersecurity safeguards. The contributors to this issue cover topics including AI in the justice system; generative artificial intelligence-led crime as a service; violent extremism and AI; AI and the future of intellectual property rights; analysis of the Budapest Convention and draft UN anti-cybercrime framework; and the future of cyber insurance and cybercrime in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Commonwealth Cybercrime Journal: Volume 1

This first issue of the CCJ examines contemporary issues and topics such as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in judicial decision-making in criminal matters; co-dependency between cybercrime and organised crime; data privacy concerns in relation to bring-your-own-device (BYOD) working practices; a comparative review of national cybercrime laws; regional cyber-criminogenic theory; cybercrime reporting; and cyber diplomacy co-operation on cybercrime.
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