Stein Schjolberg is the Chief Judge of Moss Tingrett court in Norway. Appointed as a Judge in 1983 and Chief Judge in 1994. From 1977 to 1984 he was an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Oslo. He has published widely on computer crime, cybercrime legislation and Judicial Decisions Support Systems (JDSS).


Judge Schjolberg is an international expert on cybercrime, and one of the founders of the global harmonization on cybercrime legislation. He organized the first global survey on computer crime legislation in cooperation with Interpol in 1981.


Judge Schjolberg was awarded a Silver Medal by the ITU Secretary General, Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré on November 12 2008, in recognition of his contribution, as the chairman of the High-Level Expert Group (HLEG), to support ITU’s work in the field of cybersecurity.



Judge Schjolbergs recent international presentations on cybercrime includes:

2010: EastWest Institute 7th Worlwide Security Conference, Brussels, Belgium (February 16-18)

2009: Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (November)

2009: International Courts, Court Technology Conference (CTC 2009), Denver, USA (September) 

2009: World Bank Seminars, Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey (June)

2008: European Network Forensic and Security Conference, Heerlen, The Netherlands (October)

2008: International conference on forensic issues, Riga, Latvia (September)

2008: XV World Congress of the International Society for Criminology, Barcelona, Spain (July)

2007: The International Criminal Law Network, The Hague, The Netherlands (December)

2007: Phishnet Conference, Berlin, Germany (June)

2007: The International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland (May)

2006: Transnational Crime Symposium, Lithuania (December)

2006: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Cyberterrorism, Sofia, Bulgaria

2006: The International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland

2006: Information Security Expert Conference, Bucharest, Romania

2006: Council of Europe Meeting of the Cybercrime Convention Committee in Strasbourg (March)

2005: The International Criminal Law Network, The Hague, The Netherlands (December)

2005: The International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland (June)

2005: The 11th United Nations Crime Congress, Bangkok (April)

2004: Council of Europe Conference, Strasbourg, France (September)

2004: Council of Europe Conference, Sinaia, Romania (April)

2003: The Oslo Cybercrime Workshop, Oslo, Norway  (October)

2003: The 13th World Congress of Criminology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (August)

2002: The Fifth Interpol International Conference on Computercrime, Seoul, Korea

1999: Conference on International Cooperation to Combat Cyber Crime and Terrorism, Stanford University, USA

1996: The Legal Framework – Unauthorized access to Computer Systems, International Integrity Institute (I-4) Conference, Oslo, Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law, University of Oslo, Norway (August)


Judicial Decision Support Systems

2001: The Seventh National Court Technology Conference (CTC7), Baltimore, USA

2001: Symposium on Judicial Decision Support Systems, Chicago - Kent College of Law, USA

1999: Presentation at the Sixth National Court Technology Conference (CTC6), Los Angeles, USA

1999: International Workshop, University of Oslo, Norway

1997: International Workshop, University of Melbourne, Australia


Committees and Scholarships

2007-08: Chairman of the High-Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva

2002-03: Chairman of the Cybercrime Committee in Norway

1999-01: Member of the International Think Tank on Global Court Technology, appointed by the National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia

1999-05  Member of the IT Council in the Norwegian Association for Judges

1996-98: Member of the IT (Information Technology) Council for Judges, The Ministry of Justice, Norway

1983-86: Member of the Norwegian Penal Law Council

1983-86: Member of an Expert Committee in OECD, Paris, on Computer Crime legislation

1981-82: Visiting Senior Fulbright-Hays Scholar at SRI-International, Menlo Park, California

1980-82: Consultant to Interpol, Paris on Computer Crime


Bibliography

  1. ‣A Global Protocol on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime (pdf), 5th. edition.
    (August 2009)

  2. ‣På vei mot en global protokoll om cybersikkerhet og cyberkriminalitet, Lov&Data Nr.1/2009, pages 32-35 (March 2009)

  3. ‣The History of Global Harmonization on Cybercrime Legislation - The Road to Geneva (pdf). (December 2008)

  4. ‣Terrorism in Cyberspace - Myth or reality?  (June 2007)

  5. ‣Datakriminalitet - forberedelseshandlinger som selvstendig forbrytelse, Lov & Data Nr. 3/2007, pages 20-21 (October 2007)

  6. ‣Høringsuttalelse til NOU 2007:2- Lovtiltak mot datakriminalitet - Delutredning II; m/ selvstendig lovforslag (2007)

  7. ‣Cybercrime - Straffbare handlinger mot den alminnelige orden fred i cyberspace, Norwegian edition (2006)

  8. ‣"Harmonizing National Legal Approaches on Cybercrime" - The International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland (2005)

  9. ‣The Legal Framework – Unauthorized access to Computer Systems (April 2003)

  10. ‣Foreword - International Review of Law Computers & Technology, Volume 14, No. 3, pages 277-278 (2000)

  11. ‣Judicial Decision Support Systems from a Judge,s Perspective - International Journal of Law and information Technology, Volume 6, Number 2, Summer 1998, Oxford University Press (1998)

  12. ‣Datakriminalitet og straffelovgivning – en internasjonal utvikling, Internasjonella aspekter på rettsinformatiken, pages 146-155, (Ed: Andreas Galtung), Norstedts Juridikforlag, Stockholm (1991)

  13. ‣Datakriminalitet, Jussens Venner 1988 pages 170-178, Oslo (1988)

  14. ‣System Hackers, Nordisk Datanytt, København (1984)
    Datakriminalitet og forsikring, CompLex 7/86, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo (1986)

  15. ‣EDB og kriminalitet – oversikt og kategorier, Lov og Rett 1983 pages 467-478, Oslo, (1983)
    Er det behov for ny lovgivning om EDB og kriminalitet, Lov og Rett 1983 pages 479-487, Oslo, (1983)

  16. ‣Computers and Penal Legislation – A Study of the Legal Politics of a New Technology, CompLex 2/83, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, (1983)

  17. ‣Computer-assisted Crime in Scandinavia, Computer/Law Journal, Volume II, No. 2, Spring 1980, pages 457-469, Oslo, (1980)

  18. ‣Computer Crime in Norway, A Decade of Computers and Law pages 440-459, (Ed: Knut Selmer og Jon Bing), Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, (1980)

  19. ‣Datamaskinassistert kriminalitet, Skriftserien for Jus og EDB nr 42, Universitetet i Oslo (1980)


Lectures and reports

  1. ‣Datakriminalitet, Forum Rettsinformatikk 2003, Sandefjord (2003)

  2. ‣Cybercrime: Historiske linjer – dagens perspektiver, Seminar om Cybercrime, Oslo (2002)

  3. ‣Dommere og domstolers bruk av Internett, Rapport til Studiepermisjonsutvalget for dommere (2002)

  4. ‣Cybercrime: Historiske linjer – dagens perspektiver, Seminar om Cybercrime, Regjeringskvartalet, Oslo (2001)

  5. ‣Datakriminalitet og Internet, Det alminnelige dommermøte, Lillehammer (1995)

  6. ‣Computer Crime Report from Norway, The International Academy of Comparative Law, XIIIth Congress, Montreal (1990)

  7. ‣The World of the Hackers Computer Crime in Scandinavia, NOCUS International Conference, Montreux, Switzerland, (1987)

  8. ‣Trends in Politics on Computer-related Delinquency, The Italian High Court of Appeals, Electronic Documentation Center, Rome (1986)

  9. ‣The Policing of Business Enterprises, 20th Biennale Conference of The International Bar Association, Vienna (1984)

  10. ‣European Experience of Computer Exposures, TECHNOBANK 84, Geneva (1984)

  11. ‣Computers and Penal Legislation, SECURICOOM 1984, Cannes, (Ed: Sedep Paris) (1984)

  12. ‣Internasjonale Erfaringer i forbindelse med EDB og kriminalitet, Seminar om EDB og kriminalitet, Hotell Scandinavia, Oslo, (1983)

  13. ‣Computer Crime Developments, The First Interpol Training Seminar for Computer Crime Investigators, Paris (1981)

  14. ‣Computer Crime Developments, Top Secret 1981, Monaco (1981)

  15. ‣Computer Fraud and Abuse, 3rd Interpol Symposium on International Fraud, Paris (1979)

  16. ‣Innberetning til Justisdepartementet, etter en studiereise til USA (1976)

Biography of Stein Schjolberg

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