Moderator – HE Marta Pelechova
H.E. Marta Pelechova
Special Envoy for Cyberspace, Cyber Ambassador,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Biography
Ambassador Marta Pelechova is the Special Envoy for Cyberspace at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
She has been the lead negotiator of the UN Convention against Cybercrime on behalf of the Czech Republic, the head of delegation of the Czech Republic to the UN Ad-Hoc Committee to elaborate the Convention, and recently also the head of delegation to the UN OEWG on cybersecurity.
She coordinates and for years has been part of a Czech capacity building team (CyberVAC) providing expertise in the area of cybersecurity and fight against cybercrime all over the world. Under the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2022, she was the Chair of the EU Council Working Group on Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN) for UN cybercrime issues.
For many years she has been frequently participating in various United Nations fora – e.g. she was the Czech head of delegation to the UN Commission for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), the head of delegation and a focal point to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and its working groups, and the head of delegation and a focal point to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and its working groups. She is an experienced moderator, panelist and speaker on cybersecurity and cybercrime issues. She holds a law degree and has over 20 years of professional experience.