[Ncsg-discuss] 1 to 1 call with ICANN CEO

[Rafik Dammak]

Thanks Kathy for the comments.
Everyone, please share your questions/topics/

Rafik


Le mer. 4 févr. 2026 à 02:23, Kathy Kleiman <kathy at dnrc.tech> a écrit :

> On 2/3/2026 9:28 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>
>
> Sending a reminder to get your suggestions and topics for the meeting with
> ICANN CEO.
>
> Hi Rafik, Juan and Wisdom,
>
> Yes, I have a topic. I’m concerned that ICANN, for the sake of its own
> integrity and in completion of clear commitments made long ago (1999),
> needs to hold *a full and fair review of the Uniform Dispute Resolution
> Policy (UDRP).*  The UDRP was ICANN’s first consensus policy and it is
> just over 25 years old.  Noncommercials and the ICANN Community were
> promised a full and fair review of the UDRP – its rules and procedures –
> within a few years of adoption and that never happened.
>
> Then again in 2016, at the start of the Review of All Rights Protection
> Mechanisms – Phase 1 [Uniform Rapid Suspension and Trademark
> Clearinghouse], *we were promised a full and fair review of the UDRP when
> Phase 2 started*. If you check the charter materials of the GNSO Council,
> the UDRP review should include the questions asked by NCSG, including:
> examining freedom of expression protections, assessing the fairness and
> balance, checking whether notices to registrants are being a) received and
> b) in a language they understand, and much more.
>
> You were in Dublin and I was not, but from a distance, I saw WIPO and its
> representatives lobbying ICANN and the GNSO for a *fast and short UDRP
> review* – one focused on the issues that “insiders” care about,
> particularly attorneys who regularly work on UDRP cases before WIPO.
>
> *But no one is talking about the 97% of the Registrants who are defaulting* *–
> nor what we can do to ensure the UDRP Review is full and fair.*  Before
> we expand the DNS with New gTLDs with IDNs, how do we ensure that the UDRP
> is “fit for purpose” and fully and fairly reviewed, and that registrants
> and trademark owners alike are being treated equally and fairly by the UDRP
> providers?
>
> *Particularly for Registrants who do not speak English, cannot afford
> lawyers, and have never heard of WIPO or the UDRP (the very registrants we
> were promised would be protected in 1999), how can Kurt and the Board help
> us to facilitate a full and fair review of the UDRP?*
>
> Best and tx,
>
> Kathy
>
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