<div>Maybe that is a question best directed to the Board? From their resolution:  <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-03-16-en#2.d">https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-03-16-en#2.d</a><br></div><div><i><br>"Whereas, some comments called for the addition of enhancements to the Policy and some raised questions about the role of the Ombudsman in evaluating complaints initiated under the Community Anti-Harassment Policy.</i><i><br></i></div><div><i>Resolved (2017.03.16.11), the Board hereby adopts the Community Anti-Harassment Policy as revised to address some issues raised during the public comment period.</i><i><br></i></div><div><i>Resolved (2017.03.16.12), the Board directs the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to (1) ensure that the Organization continues to monitor whether the Office of the Ombudsman is the appropriate place for Community members to file a complaint under the Community Anti-Harassment Policy, and to annually review the Policy for future enhancements, as needed; (2) make ICANN Organization's Human Resources department available to assist in complaints where the complainant has indicated a preference to engage with a person of a different gender than the current Ombudsman."</i><br></div><div><br></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block "><div class="protonmail_signature_block-user "><div>Ayden FĂ©rdeline<br></div><div><a title="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline">linkedin.com/in/ferdeline</a><br></div></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" class="protonmail_quote"><div>-------- Original Message --------<br></div><div>Subject: Re: The anti-harassment policy<br></div><div>Local Time: 28 March 2017 12:22 AM<br></div><div>UTC Time: 27 March 2017 23:22<br></div><div>From: corinnecath@GMAIL.COM<br></div><div>To: NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thanks for sharing, Farzi. It is great that it passed. But perhaps someone can elaborate how the Ombudsperson has (again) become the main mediator in the event of (alleged) harassment? Especially, after we had long conversations on the list about finding alternatives to such a centralized solution. See: <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/2016-November/019562.html">http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/2016-November/019562.html</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Best,<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 12:14 PM, farzaneh badii <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hi <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">ICANN Community Anti-Harassment Policy and Terms of Participation and Complaint Procedure<u></u></span></b></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">is posted:  <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/community-anti-harassment-policy-2017-03-24-en">https://www.icann.org<wbr>/resources/pages/community-ant<wbr>i-harassment-policy-2017-03-<wbr>24-en</a><span class="HOEnZb"><span class="colour" style="color:#888888"><u></u></span></span></span></span></span><br></p><span class="HOEnZb"><span class="colour" style="color:#888888"><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p></span></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><span class="colour" style="color:#888888"><div><div class="m_-6467675256980713350gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh</span><br></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="lt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