In March 1999, the Ministers of Justice or Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA) recommended the Establishment of an intergovernmental experts group on Cyber Crime.

This Group has the mandate to:

1. complete a diagnosis of criminal activity which targets computers and information, or which uses computers as the means of committing an offense;





2. complete a diagnosis of national legislation, policies and practices regarding such activity;





3. identify national and international entities with relevant expertise; and





4. identify mechanisms of cooperation within the Inter-American system to combat cyber crime.

The Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas recommended that, in the framework of the activities of the OAS working group to follow up on the REMJA recommendations, the Group of Governmental Experts on Cyber-Crime be reconvened and given the following mandate:

1. To follow up on implementation of the recommendations prepared by that Group and adopted by REMJA-III, and





2. To consider the preparation of pertinent inter-American legal instruments and model legislation for the purpose of strengthening hemispheric cooperation in combating cyber-crime, considering standards relating to privacy, the protection of information, procedural aspects, and crime prevention.

The OAS General Secretariat through the Office of Legal Cooperation of the Department of International Legal Affairs, serves as the Technical Secretariat to this Group of Experts, pursuant to the resolutions of the OAS General Assembly.