<html><head><base href="x-msg://1197/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; position: static; z-index: auto; "><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><b>From</b>: HIBBARD Lee [mailto:Lee.HIBBARD@coe.int]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent</b>: Monday, June 16, 2014 03:49 PM Eastern Standard Time<br><b>To</b>: GAC-ICANN Diffusion List <<a href="mailto:gac@gac.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">gac@gac.icann.org</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Cc</b>: PIJL Kinanya <<a href="mailto:Kinanya.PIJL@coe.int" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Kinanya.PIJL@coe.int</a>>; GAC Secretariat <<a href="mailto:gacsec@gac.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">gacsec@gac.icann.org</a>>; MALINOWSKI Jan <<a href="mailto:Jan.MALINOWSKI@coe.int" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Jan.MALINOWSKI@coe.int</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Subject</b>: [GAC] GAC Agenda: Council of Europe written analysis on ICANN’s procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></font> <br></div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Dear GAC chair and GAC colleagues,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Please find attached the Council of Europe Secretariat commissioned written analysis on ICANN’s procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Looking forward to discussing with you in ICANN50.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Many thanks for your consideration,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Regards, Lee Hibbard</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Lee Hibbard</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| Coordinator for Information Society & Internet Governance | Internet Governance Unit | DGI - Human Rights and Rule of Law | Council of Europe | tel: +33 388 41 3104 | email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: black; 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